by thereisnospoon [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Dante Atkins (hekebolos) [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

This from Dave Rand at the Majority Report:  It appears that rank-and-file Obama supporters have quashed the attempt of their unions leaders to endorse Hillary Clinton ahead of California's Presidential Primary.

Very interesting--and it's also a little bit of a microcosm of who supports which candidate.  The entrenched leadership is very supportive of Senator Clinton, but the same can't be universally said of the rank and file of the organizations that leadership represents.

But the money quote is this:

The Hillary repudiation at CTA is more than just inside baseball. This could portend an erosion of support among powerful constituencies that are supposed to be the bedrock of Clinton's California operation. Add this development with Obama's superior California ground game, and a big bounce coming out of South Carolina, and he may have enough steam to pull off a victory in the Golden state.

In the interests of full disclosure, I'm part of that "superior ground game": Obama's campaign has over 5,000 precinct captains at this point who are responsible for turning out voters within their own precinct (of which I am one), each of whom have full access to the voter file within their own precinct.  It's the most decentralized field campaign I've ever been a part of.

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Score a big behind the scenes victory for Obama’s California campaign
today.  Word is leaking out that CTA’s membership staged an outright
mutiny at Los Angeles’ Bonaventure Hotel and bucked its own Board’s
attempt to railroad through an early endorsement for Hillary. 
CTA’s elites apparently got a big wake up call when their effort to
crown Hillary as the official choice of California’s teachers was
upended by overwhelming resistance from rank and file Obama supporters.  The vaunted pre Feb 5th CTA endorsement – which was widely expected to go Clinton’s way – appears to now be postponed to April (when we will all be on the edge of our seats, I am sure).

The Hillary repudiation at CTA is more than just inside baseball. 
This could portend an erosion of support among powerful constituencies that are supposed to be the bedrock of Clinton’s California operation.  Add this development with Obama’s superior California ground game, and a big bounce coming out of South Carolina, and he may have enough steam to pull off a victory in the Golden state.    

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

While the Hillary Clinton campaign continues to operate aggressively throughout the early primary states of New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina -- it is also going full steam into the February 5th states.
 
The Primary is about the number of delegates a candidate gets in order to earn the party's nomination, the number of delegates needed is 2,025 (or 50 percent plus one). As it stands right now, Hillary is winning the overall delegate count 169 (52%) to Obama's 66 (20%). It is predicted that the delegates received from Iowa will be Obama 16, Hillary 15, and Edwards 14.
 
California makes up about 20% of the delegates needed to win and Tsunami Tuesday (otherwise known as February 5th) will determine 47% of the total delegates. That's why, from day one, the Hillary Clinton campaign has assembled a well-organized campaign operation in California and other Tsunami Tuesday states.
 
We are in this campaign for the long run and have laid the foundation and support needed to remain competitive through February 5th when this election will be decided.
 
In California, our ground game, grassroots organization, and volunteer network throughout the 58 counties are unmatched and will allow us to remain strong.

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