Great article, crazymonk. I forwarded it to all of my family members. They were supporting Edwards except
for myself and Alicia (Obama and Dodd supporters). I liked the article because it was short, provided a detailed anecdote about one legislative achievement of significance for Obama while a state senator, several shorter mentions of others, and also explained that Edwards and Clinton were both owed their dues for legislative achievements. Too bad not all of the coverage is like that.

When are the Nevada Caucauses? Do you think Obama will win the nomination now? Or will that be predicated on a NH win or NH + SC win?

Yeahhhhh. "Horse race" coverage is sort of a slightly-more-intelligent version of celebrity gossip. Also, can respectable news outlets please stop telling me what color Sen. Clinton is wearing on any given day? I DON'T CARE. YOU ONLY THINK I CARE BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN AAAAARRRGH.

Nevada caucuses are on Jan. 19th, the same day as the South Carolina primary.

I'm not much of a predictor, but I do think that Obama has a very good shot in New Hampshire. If he wins there, he has South Carolina in the bag. Clinton might win Nevada no matter what, because a small number of people in this state will caucus, and those who will are likely establishment Democrats. (I'm not a big fan of the Nevada Democratic party.) Most of the politicos here are unimaginative followers who care more about juice than anything else.

Electricity? Drugs? I'm unfamiliar with juice in the sense you're using it.

Googling the phrase should answer your question.

or you could just post an explanation instead of being a dick about it.

Oh shit!

It basically means political power.

Correction: only the Republican South Carolina primary will be held on Jan. 19th, so the Nevada Democratic caucus will stand alone for the fairer party. The Democratic SC primary is on Jan. 26th.

Although I was being snippy on purpose (and I'm glad you went with it, rather than attacking back), simply searching google for "juice" (i didn't see any really good phrases based on your comment) of course didn't help. Neither, strangely, did "political juice", "nevada juice", or "reno juice". But in the wikipedia disambiguation page juice in the political power context seems to be specifically associated with vegas. And, naturally, "vegas juice" does have some sort-of relevant links.

agreed. i tried googling all sorts of phrases with "juice" and nothing useful came up.

these debates make me want to hurt something.

Googling "political juice" is somewhat helpful.

Anyway, I didn't realize that Vegas had a notable assocation with the word. That must've been where I picked it up.

"you like-a the juice?"

"the juice is-a good?"

Thank you so much for the article on Barack Obama's legislative achievements. I was pleased to have new ammunition for the 'non-experience" arguments. I know this man is brilliant; I know he has good judgement (no one is perfect); I know that some of the positions he has advocated in his last year and a half of the presidential campaign have been followed to the letter by the Bush Administration (may I state--airstrikes on Al Queda targets in Pakistan, diplomatic talks with North Korea, diplomatic talks with Iran, and a withdrawal timetable for Iraq., et.al.). I was told that some of these things were "in the works anyway" but I saw them as a direct result of Mr. Obama's recommendations. I know he has the presence of mind to surround himself with good people as no one knows it all. I will forward the above article to friends so as to quell the "non-experience" argument. Perhaps I will send this to Cable Television as well!
Thanks!

That article doesn't say much about his experience where it counts the most!!! The end of the world is coming for all of us. They call it the Anitchrist if he wins. According to media and Democrats, that's why they would have prefered Hilary Clinton then him plus she has experience where he lacks it the most Our Country in the hands of a man who has no clue as to how to take the first step in dealing with real problems. Being the President is not sitting behind a desk getting a blow job and/or smoking weed!!! It's a commitment and he doesn't have it. No experience no commitment no future with him!!!!