Posted on 02/21/2008 8:45:15 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
AUSTIN, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, facing a pair of big Democratic primary tests on March 4 that could determine the fate of her presidential candidacy, is deadlocked with Sen. Barack Obama here in Texas and holds a slender lead over him in Ohio, according to two new Washington Post-ABC News polls.
The closeness of the races in Texas and Ohio underscores the challenges facing Clinton over the next 12 days of campaigning as she seeks to end Obama's double-digit winning streak in their battle for the Democratic nomination. Those victories have given Obama a lead in delegates to the national convention and have put Clinton's candidacy at risk unless she can rack up a string of big victories of her own.
In Ohio, Clinton leads Obama in the new poll by 50 percent to 43 percent, a significant but tenuous advantage given the shifts that have taken place in advance of previous primaries as candidates intensified their campaigns. In Texas, the race is about even, with Clinton at 48 percent and Obama at 47 percent.
Independents lifted Obama to many of his early victories, but he has also carried the support of mainline Democrats since Super Tuesday. These new polls, however, show Clinton leading Obama by double-digit margins among Democrats. Both Ohio and Texas hold open primaries, in which any registered voter may cast a ballot.
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How about his decency if he is going to “destroy” his country?
I had a couple beers before I mustered up the nerve, and then had a few afterwards to numb the pain.
When you think about it, those could probably get pretty fun. I don't see how that would be worse than those awful "A Day in the Life of President Bush" cheesefest threads. The actual Obama presidency, on the other hand, would be a lot worse.
That's not my problem, you brought him you dance with him.
But victory in getting hill is priceless.
And put bill on the supreme court. The thought of that is worth a double barf!
You know one of the things that I keep hearing is all this turnout for the Democrats. Is it really all of these democrats are coming out or are there a lot of independents and republicans voting in the Democratic primary to choose the candidate (the easier of the two to beat in November)? Will these independents vote republican in November?
Everything that was the “conventional wisdom” has turned out not to be. I think when the real debates start, and the truth comes out about Obama, he’ll lose heartily. At this point, I don’t think either of these candidates can beat McCain. IMHO.
I agree with you 100%...McCain will bury Obama in a debate. Let’s get rid of the Clinton’s..and the more humiliating, the better!
All republicans need to vote for Hillary now. We need to get this to a brokered convention. That way we can watch the democrats eat themselves alive
hillary will take it to the convention no matter what. whynot have her 200+ delegates behind and stealing the nomination?
3) If Obama is the nominee, the Clintons will do every thing they can to make sure he loses, so she can run again in 2012.
If she doesn’t win this time, she won’t run in 2012. She went through XXX millions this time, cooler heads will stop her from doing it again.
Remember their final day in the WH? They were late leaving because Bill was busy selling pardons, and Hillary was literally stealing the silverware. We're not going to get rid of the Clintons any time soon I'm afraid.
I want Clinton to win, which is an indication of how dangerous an Obama dictatorship will be.
Is infanticide decent? Is hating America and being ashamed of it decent? Is negotiating with Iran and Castor decent?Obama is a sinister person who wants to change this counrty into a clone of the USSR.
Obama will probably shut this site down if he is elected.
That is exactly what is happening. No informed person actually believes that Virginia has three times as many democrats as Republicans.
Yeah, he’ll invoke the “right” of the people to not have to read insensitive ideas.
You know one of the things that I keep hearing is all this turnout for the Democrats. Is it really all of these democrats are coming out or are there a lot of independents and republicans voting in the Democratic primary to choose the candidate (the easier of the two to beat in November)? -Will these independents vote republican in November?
I do know McCain blows Hillary away among independents, in some cases, six to one. But I want the Clintons gone once and for all. I don’t want her anywhere near the general election.
History’s verdict should be that her attempt to make this election a referendum on Bush instead became a referendum on Clinton.
One they lost.
AMEN!!!
AMEN!!!
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