NV Culinary Union torn on Democratic Endorsement after Hillary's win - no more lock for Obama

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7804.html

Culinary Workers Local 226, Nevada’s largest and most politically active union, had hoped the New Hampshire primary would provide some clarity to its tortured presidential endorsement process. It didn’t.

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday leaves officials of the union's international parent, Unite Here, with a tough choice: Endorse Clinton, the early front-runner and leader in Nevada, or Obama, whose Iowa victory propelled him to threaten Clinton in New Hampshire, a state she had figured she had locked up.

With Obama’s pre-election surge in New Hampshire — a double-digit lead in some polls — several media reports, including a dispatch from Tim Russert on NBC’s "Today" show, stated as fact that he had sewn up the Culinary endorsement.

Tuesday night, a revived Clinton’s camp weighed in strongly.

“I hope the decision hasn’t been made, and we continue to make the case that Sen. Clinton is ready to lead from day one,” said Clark County Commission chairman Rory Reid, chairman of Clinton’s Nevada campaign and son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Moments after Clinton was declared the winner in New Hampshire, Reid said he hadn’t yet called Unite Here, the parent of the Culinary. He then held up his cell phone and announced, “But I plan to.”

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Both the Atlantic Online and Bloomberg.com are reporting it. The national endorsement, however, is still up for grabs.

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