Nevada Caucus.

Rory Reid needs to back off putting any pressure on the state SEIU to endorse his candidate.

Right now it is reportedly leaning towards John Edwards.

More Campaign Notes.

The media won't report John Edwards has won another state SEIU endorsement, this one from New Hampshire.
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Campaign Notes.

Rumor has it Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas is going to throw in the towel.

He was a longshot anyway.
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John Edwards will participate on an online forum today at 2 Eastern and 11 Pacific.

Barack Obama, of course, will be in Reno today at a town hall meeting.
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State labor leaders in Oklahoma endorsed John Edwards for president.

And another endorsement in Massachusetts.
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Republican-leaning David Yepsen of the Des Moines Register throws in a few snotty remarks about John Edwards but admits it's way too early to write him off:

But watching him work in the sweaty auditorium of a Waukee elementary school Tuesday night, one gets a different feeling: Iowa Democrats may still give this guy a new lease on political life.

Why? John Edwards is tenacious and still in the hunt for first place. While the latest Iowa Poll shows Clinton at 29 percent, Edwards slipping to 23 percent and Obama at 22 percent, it's also important to remember that both Clinton and Obama have dropped millions on television commercials in the state. Edwards has yet to make his big media buy.

He's also getting his share of union endorsements, although those don't produce the results they once did.

He spends more time in Iowa than his rivals. (His wife jokes that if someone asked the couple for directions in Iowa, they could provide them.)

While Obama and Clinton have only recently discovered the fact that 49 percent of Iowa's Democratic caucus-goers live in rural and small-town Iowa, Edwards has been mining those tiny lodes for years.

Edwards isn't hurting for money in this campaign season, not if he's as tight with a buck as he's been in the past.
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Campaign Notes.

Surprise, surprise! Old Rudy is tainted.
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John Edwards received a boatload of endorsement from various state SEIU affiliates, including California's.
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It's a good time to be a liberal, but will liberals, or rather Democrats be able to seize power after next year's elections?
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Obama made a pitch to 4,000 people today in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Just what is in it for Jeri Thompson?
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Campaign Notes.

After attending the Conservative Leadership Conference in Sparks, Mitt Romney tried to appeal to them by stressing his far right credentials. You know, God, mom, apple pie, and the flag.

It may have gone over like a lead balloon, however:

Richard Viguerie, who pioneered direct mail fundraising for the conservative movement, accused the Republican leadership of abandoning conservatives and called for attendees to refuse to support the leading presidential contenders, including Romney.

"Not one of them are principled conservatives," he said. "Not one of them was there in the last 10 or 12 years when conservatives desperately needed leadership. So why should we be there for them?"

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Let's forget the fact black women in South Carolina have other choices for candidates besides the two novelty candidates.
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Although it is inevitable Barack Obama will not win the nomination, that hasn't stopped Michelle from saying Hillary Clinton isn't inevitably inevitable.
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John Edwards is expected to get a major union endorsement which will greatly help his chances in Iowa, which I believe he will win anyway.
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Campaign Notes.

Is John McCain toast?

John who?
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The media continue with their job of coronating Hillary Clinton before a single vote is cast.

That way it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. People figure the race is over with before it's even started, and since JRE and the second-tier candidates get little attention or are ridiculed, they think only Hillary and Obama are running.

Never mind she's unelectable for the reasons I have stated. Why she EVER allowed herself to be used by her husband and his backers is a mystery.
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The SEIU refuses to endorse a primary candidate.

The media are spinning this as a "blow" to John Edwards. How predictable. Remember, though, who they DID endorse in 2004. It was one of the two kisses of death for the then-frontrunner. The other was the endorsement of Al Gore.