Despite Win, Clinton Still Not A Caucus Fan
LAS VEGAS -- Despite winning the Nevada caucus, Hillary Clinton maintained her distaste for the caucus process saying it unfairly leaves some voters out.
"To me the caucuses don't provide the broad-based participation that I have fought for my entire life," said Clinton at a press conference following her victory speech.
Clinton pointed to examples of people she spoke with who could not get time off of work to go and vote saying, "I met people today when I was visiting a couple of hotels who couldn't get off work."
"I believe with all my heart that we want everybody to participate. Anything that stands in the way of having people to participate, I don't think is in keeping with our democratic process."
Following her loss in the Iowa caucuses,, Clinton immediately began telling reporters that she felt many voters were disenfranchised in that state because many people who worked night shifts could not vote.
Despite her win, Clinton knows the nomination contest is far from over as both she and Barack Obama are in a dead heat in South Carolina, whose primary is next Saturday.
"This is one step on a long journey throughout the country as we take things forward," said Clinton.
She brushed off a question of reports by the Obama campaign that there were voter irregularities on the part of her campaign and that her win in Nevada amounted to dirty politics.
"I don't have any response to that," Clinton responded, "We had a very effective campaign. We had a lot of reports ourselves, but we're not focused on that right now."