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Texas Poll Shows Dead Heat Among Dems
CNN ^ | 2-18-08 | Paul Steinhauser

Posted on 02/18/2008 1:45:16 PM PST by gingerky

CNN) -- It's all tied up in Texas.

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running a tight race in Texas.

A new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll suggests the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination between Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois is a statistical dead heat in Texas, which holds primaries March 4.

In the survey, out Monday, 50 percent of likely Democratic primary voters support Clinton as their choice for the party's nominee, with 48 percent backing Obama.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackhusseinobama; chebama; clinton; election; hillary; nobama; obama; texas; texasprimaries; tx2008
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To: txflake

>> you can refuse to have your voter id stamped ‘rat’

Thanks, that’s good to know.

I may have it stamped anyway, just as a souvenir.


21 posted on 02/18/2008 3:25:56 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Well, I think the bloom is off the rose about the Clintons among loyal Democrats. She may crash and burn all by herself without help.

I would love to hear what happens, if we see Hillary defeated, what happens when she and Bill are alone at last, and commiserate about the failed campaign. I wonder what would be said, what objects would be thrown, etc. If I can get down and dirty, I would even wonder who would sleep where after that.............”

Sorry but I can assure you they do not sleep under the same roof. The only option Shrillary has is to divorce him at some time to obtain political gain.
That’s the only open question at this point.


22 posted on 02/18/2008 3:29:53 PM PST by romanesq
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To: Nervous Tick

Same issue here in NJ. Got my neighbor to vote for Romney but I knew it would be no contest. So for the first time, I voted in the Rat primary for Obama.

Anything to stop the Beast.


23 posted on 02/18/2008 3:30:59 PM PST by romanesq
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Bill was all over East TX last Friday and barely made a ripple in the news. There were 200 hot people remaining at one location where he was an hour late.


24 posted on 02/18/2008 3:36:43 PM PST by lonestar
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To: montag813
This leaves out a large amount of Republicans who can vote. I urge them all to vote for Hillary, so we can get her back even with Obama.

Well, you got that ALL wrong. Put a stake through the heart of the beast while you can, the Clinton machine will steal the general election. Obama, on the other hand, is an empty suit with no vote-fraud machine.

Texans - cross over and vote for Obama to screw the Clintons, just like they did to us in Iowa and NH.

25 posted on 02/18/2008 3:36:58 PM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: BlueStateBlues
Both of them are all hat and recalled cattle. A Texas Pox on both their houses.

Indeed!

26 posted on 02/18/2008 3:39:12 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: gingerky

It’ll be awesome if it all comes down to Puerto Rico.


27 posted on 02/18/2008 3:43:44 PM PST by Crawdad (I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.)
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To: Pravious
And I urge them all to vote for Obama.

I strongly believe John McCain has 0% chance of winning the election. Thus, I believe that knocking the Clintons out of the running should be our highest priority (and perhaps the ONLY effect we can have on this election at all).

I think a crossover vote for Obama is a sound strategy. If he gets the nomination, the Klintons will do everything in their power (behind the scenes, of course) to stop him from winning the Presidency. They have to. This will give them one last shot in 2012. They cannot afford to have a Dem other than Hillary in the White House next year. After Obama loses, the mantra will be that McCain would not have won if he had run against Hillary in 2008.

28 posted on 02/18/2008 3:44:06 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Crawdad

lol


29 posted on 02/18/2008 3:49:32 PM PST by txhurl
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To: 11th Commandment; ontap
Re: I think the interesting thing to watch is how many Conservatives cross over and vote for Obama...

I am wrestling with that choice... but the only time I ever voted Democrat was for Jimhhy Carter and I am still racked with mega remorse over that! I'm too old to add more guilt to my few remaining years!

Besides I don't want ontap having to make me a coffin with those tools I was supposed to get a price on!

30 posted on 02/18/2008 4:01:18 PM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: montag813
If they are close in delegates then Hillary Clinton will be the nominee without any fight at the convention. To ensure an ugly fight and that Hillary Clinton steals the nomination via Super Delegates Obama should be ahead by at least 150 delegates when they go to their Denver convention.
31 posted on 02/18/2008 4:13:17 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: romanesq

Agree 100%.


32 posted on 02/18/2008 4:19:03 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: 11th Commandment
I have been waiting too long to vote against Hillary to pass up what might be my only chance (I hope)...

It is very hard for me to decide who I detest more... McAmnesty or Hill and Bill...

33 posted on 02/18/2008 4:50:40 PM PST by CenTex (Texas has a governor for sale... Make an offer...)
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To: All

We must stop the Clintons now! They are too conniving and will reek havoc from day one of a possible presidency. If Obama happens to defeat McCain (which is highly unlikely), it will take him at least two years to get things running and in place and we can get rid of him in 2012. He can only do 2 years of slight damage vs. the beast doing four years of horrible damage to us.

Save an Intern! Vote Obama in Texas!


34 posted on 02/18/2008 5:17:23 PM PST by ClarenceThomasfan (Don't be a kamikoze Conservative! Vote Republican in 2008!)
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To: gingerky

I would never set foot in a Democrat primary location. It would just make me feel so dirty.

I’ll be voting against McCain in the Republican primary and choosing a Congressman for District 22.


35 posted on 02/18/2008 5:25:19 PM PST by 38special (I mean come on.)
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To: gingerky

Republicans can cross over in this one and McCain has the GOP nomination sewn up. I bet a lot of crossovers land on Hillary.


36 posted on 02/18/2008 5:54:32 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: jveritas
If they are close in delegates then Hillary Clinton will be the nominee without any fight at the convention. To ensure an ugly fight and that Hillary Clinton steals the nomination via Super Delegates Obama should be ahead by at least 150 delegates when they go to their Denver convention.

He is up by that now, and will be up even more after WI tomorrow. If she loses or ties TX and wins OH she will still be well behind.

37 posted on 02/18/2008 6:02:24 PM PST by montag813
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To: montag813

Agree.


38 posted on 02/18/2008 6:05:27 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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