When every vote counts; eye on Guam

Voters line up Saturday in Dededo, Guam’s largest village.

With the delegate vote so close, Clinton and Obama are watching the Democrat primary vote in Guam where four delegate votes are up for grabs (AP link);

U.S. citizens in Guam have no vote in the November presidential election, but the close Clinton-Obama race is giving them an unaccustomed role in the nomination process.

Voters picked eight pledged delegates who will have only one-half vote each at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August.

Presidential caucuses on Guam usually pass without much notice from the candidates.

This time, Obama and Clinton made their case for the territory’s four regular delegates with local advertising and long-distance interviews.

Lines formed early at some caucus sites.

And apparently, race factors into Guamanian decision-making processes, but not in the way it has in the US;

Yona resident Tommy Shimizu said he was voting for Obama delegates.

“It’s the fact that he grew up in Hawaii, and I think he can make change,” he said. “I think it’s time for that.”

Time and distance didn’t prevent the two Democrats from promising US tax dollars to the tiny island protectorate;

Both candidates bought local advertising and conducted media interviews. In their protracted race for the nomination, no contest is being ignored.

Both Clinton and Obama say they’ve got the better health plan for Guamanians.

Amazing how liberalism transcends space and time. CNN reports an early Obama lead.

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