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Voters line up Saturday in Dededo, Guam’s largest village. <\/font><\/p>\n 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<\/a>);<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Voters picked eight pledged delegates who will have only one-half vote each at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August.<\/p>\n Presidential caucuses on Guam usually pass without much notice from the candidates.<\/p>\n This time, Obama and Clinton made their case for the territory’s four regular delegates with local advertising and long-distance interviews.<\/p>\n Lines formed early at some caucus sites.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And apparently, race factors into Guamanian decision-making processes, but not in the way it has in the US;<\/p>\n Yona resident Tommy Shimizu said he was voting for Obama delegates.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Time and distance didn’t prevent the two Democrats from promising US tax dollars to the tiny island protectorate;<\/p>\n Both candidates bought local advertising and conducted media interviews. In their protracted race for the nomination, no contest is being ignored.<\/p>\n Both Clinton and Obama say they’ve got the better health plan for Guamanians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Amazing how liberalism transcends space and time. CNN<\/a> reports an early Obama lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"