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Guam’s Moment in the Sun
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| Contributor | TX DEM |
| Last Edited | TX DEM Apr 28, 2008 01:31pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, April 26, 2008 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | When former President Bill Clinton called a Guam radio show on Thursday morning to talk up his wife, it was described as a historic first. The same was said of Senator Barack Obama’s decision to open a campaign office in Hagatña, the territory’s capital.
With four delegates up for grabs in caucuses on May 3, Guam is a player in the Democratic primaries for the first time. Though island residents cannot vote in the general election, they can help choose a presidential nominee. In fact, Guamanians need not be registered voters to participate. While the caucuses are open only to registered Democrats, people can sign up on site.
Guam Democrats will choose eight delegates, each of whom will get half a vote at the Democratic National Convention. The precinct in Inarajan will vote earlier, on Saturday, because of a conflict with the village fiesta. (Don’t you just hate when your partying gets in the way of your voting?) The results from that contest will be kept confidential until the rest of the voting is done.
Guam’s Republicans held a convention on March 8, after Senator John McCain had already wrapped up the nomination, during which all nine delegates were assigned to him.
On the radio, Mr. Clinton left open the possibility that he, Chelsea Clinton or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton herself could pay a visit to the island, which is home to several military bases.
“Whether she can, I think, depends in part on the demands of North Carolina and Indiana,” Mr. Clinton said, according to The Pacific Daily News, referring to contests scheduled for May 6.
Mrs. Clinton had better buy her tickets soon. Getting to Guam from the West Coast can take upwards of 13 hours, and since she would have to cross the international date line, it would already be a day later when she arrived. |
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