There are a lot of reasons I'm voting for Barack Obama on February 5th. There are also a lot of reasons why I won't be voting for Hillary Clinton, even if she eventually wins the nomination.

One of those reasons is the business going on in Nevada, where Clinton surrogates, upset that Obama has the support of the powerful Culinary Union, have brought legal action this week to prevent caucuses from being held in nine Las Vegas casinos. These caucuses were specially arranged so hotel employees could participate in the caucus despite having to work that night. Never mind that the state Democratic party approved this plan in March 2007. The amazing part is that four of the six plaintiffs are members of the committee that approved the rules. Of course, that was when it was assumed the Culinary Union would endorse the establishment candidate. One of the suit's plaintiffs is a teacher's union complaining that a similar deal was not brokered for their constituents. Not only does the timing of the action reek of being disingenuous (considering these rules were put in place eight months ago and yet they brought the action 2 days after Obama's union endorsement), but teacher's don't even work on Saturday nights (when the caucus takes place).

You can read about it here and here.