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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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Looks like the Texas firewall is not holding.
1 posted on 02/18/2008 1:45:18 PM PST by gingerky
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I think the interesting thing to watch is how many Conservatives cross over and vote for Obama vs. how many vote for the Huckster.
2 posted on 02/18/2008 1:47:35 PM PST by 11th Commandment (Elect Conservatives- if you don't vote for McCain, at least work to elect conservatives!)
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I despise Hillary and worry about the Obama cult. I think that crossing over is a bad idea just because the Dems have been doing such a good job of heading for a mess all on their own.


3 posted on 02/18/2008 1:51:48 PM PST by Greg F (Obamessiah believers are teenage girls, latent homos, or just creepy and sad. Eg. Chris Matthews.)
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To: gingerky

Both of them are all hat and recalled cattle. A Texas Pox on both their houses.


4 posted on 02/18/2008 1:53:32 PM PST by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
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To: gingerky

Texas has this primary/caucus combination, and Obama racks it up in caucuses. So even if barely loses the primary he’ll probably win the caucus and call it a tie.


5 posted on 02/18/2008 1:55:33 PM PST by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
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To: gingerky
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.

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. They need to be as close as possible in delegates until June 7th, so we can have as chaotic a Convention as possible.

6 posted on 02/18/2008 1:59:30 PM PST by montag813
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To: 11th Commandment
I’m debating who to vote for too...Osama or the SHE-DEVIL...decisions, decisions....what a world! :)
7 posted on 02/18/2008 1:59:59 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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Hillary or Obama and you’re not sure? Seems you have a short memory, my dear...


8 posted on 02/18/2008 2:01:32 PM PST by katieanna
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To: gingerky
Texas Democrats are having a hard time choosing between two attractive options,

Not true. One of them is clearly unattractive, and with every passing year she will be even more so.

9 posted on 02/18/2008 2:08:28 PM PST by libh8er
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To: gingerky
This is the point at which a graph of the polling data for the past several months would show their two lines converging, with a high probability of the line trending upward (Obama) will be the one that that will end up with the most votes.

Momentum is everything in politics and will remain so as long as the NEA is able to dumb us down and indoctrinate our children.

That allows the liberals to use the 'herding instinct' to their advantage. They follow each other like baitfish in a school.

* Only ONE fish in that school knows where he wants to go (the rest follow blindly), and he is probably headed the wrong way!

10 posted on 02/18/2008 2:14:29 PM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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Where’s Bill? Maybe they can send him down there to have temper tantrums and turn purple, and rage against the news media not holding all candidates to the same standard. Maybe he could say Obama reminds him of Jesse Jackson. I’m sure they can think of something.

Maybe they should just go back to “The Hillary I Know” campaign. That’s got to make people like Hillary more!


11 posted on 02/18/2008 2:16:27 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Or she could always cry again.


12 posted on 02/18/2008 2:20:00 PM PST by gingerky
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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. They need to be as close as possible in delegates until June 7th, so we can have as chaotic a Convention as possible.”

The first priority is putting down the Clinton mob machine. I beg to differ with your strategy as Obama will be exposed at great length in the head to head general election.

All good voters must do their moral duty and stop the treason/evil of the Clintons and stop them NOW.

The risk is much too great if things are “even” going into the Rat convention. The Clinton mob machine will win that easily.

STOP THEM NOW!


13 posted on 02/18/2008 2:21:11 PM PST by romanesq
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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).


14 posted on 02/18/2008 2:23:30 PM PST by Pravious
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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.............


15 posted on 02/18/2008 2:23:58 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: gingerky

DING! DONG! THE WI...

you can fill in the rest
16 posted on 02/18/2008 2:37:33 PM PST by epluribus_2
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>> All good voters must do their moral duty and stop the treason/evil of the Clintons and stop them NOW.

Yep. That’s my strategy. I’ll be a democrat-for-a-day on March 4th in TX. I’ll pull the lever for Obamalama, and then rush home and shower.

Voting in the pubbie primary is a waste of time, for POTUS anyway. Some TX voters may want to vote (R) for the down ballot races. For me, it’s useless, they’re interchangeable RINOs.

Voting for Shrillery in the Dem primary is just plain foolish.


17 posted on 02/18/2008 3:12:15 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: Dilbert San Diego

>> if we see Hillary defeated, what happens when she and Bill are alone at last, and commiserate about the failed campaign

FRiend, if (dareI say when?) Her Heinous is defeated, they’ll be alone... but they won’t be with each other!


18 posted on 02/18/2008 3:14:23 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: Nervous Tick

Somebody pointed out that you can refuse to have your voter id stamped ‘rat’. The stamp is used for caucusing, which none of us will be doing.


19 posted on 02/18/2008 3:18:53 PM PST by txhurl
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To: gingerky

Klionton machinery is extremely adept at CHEATING. Firewall would HOLD comfortably.

I have no faith in Obama losing his temper and all hell breaking lose.....I think he has done enough to garner a VP nomination and he would politely take his position on the RESERVATIION run by Massah Klinton.


20 posted on 02/18/2008 3:19:00 PM PST by The_Republican (You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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