Nevada News by James Pindell

LAS VEGAS -- This at-large precinct at Caesar's Palace the signs of Barack Obama's defeat and Hillary Clinton's win in the state became obvious.

With the backing of the perceived powerful Culinary Union, who have enrolled tens of thousands of casino workers, these at-large precincts were supposed to be very pro-Obama.

But they weren't.

In fact at this location Obama collected 17 delegates and Clinton 16 delegates. Edwards was a total non-factor here.

At the Paris hotel Clinton even defeated Obama by 2-1.

LAS VEGAS – There are a lot of questions about today’s Nevada Caucuses. The questions include who will win? How will they win? How many people will show up to caucus? What does it mean to win here or lose here?

But really just stop. Hold the questions. There is no way to answer them.

Sure there are polls out. Those polls show that Mitt Romney will likely to win the Republican race here. They also show Hillary Clinton with a single digit lead in a tight Democratic race.

Barack Obama's campaign shot back at what they said were "misleading" radio ads from Hillary Clinton about his record on Yucca Mountain.

"There is a pattern of misleading attacks," said state Senator Steven Horsford (D-North Las Vegas). "It is textbook Washington campaigning."

The radio ad calls into question Obama's stance on placing nuclear waste inside Yucca Mountain. 

Also on the Obama organized conference call was Bob Fulkerson, a longtime activist on the Yucca issue.

HENDERSON -- A national fund-raising e-mail from Barack Obama's presidential campaigns uses Nevada to frame how their national campaign is going.

The e-mail does not even mention South Carolina, though over the weekend the Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns were trying to access whether the Nevada's caucus this Saturday or South Carolina's primary a week later was more important.

The e-mail is below:

I'm writing to you this morning from Las Vegas.