Clinton is playing the "gambling card" against Obama. Will it help her in Nevada and California?
Posted by armand at January 18, 2008 09:11 AM | TrackBack | Posted to PoliticsBarack Obama has warned about the dangers of gambling - that it carries a "moral and social cost" that could "devastate" poor communities. As a state senator in Illinois, he at times opposed plans to expand gambling, worrying that it could be especially harmful to low-income people.
Today, those views are posing a problem for Obama in the gambling mecca of Nevada, which holds its presidential nominating caucuses Saturday. While his top rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, also talks often about aiding low-income Americans, she has embraced the gambling industry and its executives, and her campaign has used Obama's past statements in an effort to turn casino workers and other Nevada voters against him.