Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s must-win states of Ohio and Texas are no cakewalk for her, largely because independents and crossover Republicans are welcome to vote in their Democratic primaries.
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Judging by this board, crossover conservatives are evenly mixed between Clinton and Obama. As in the race for the GOP nominations, conservatives will be largely ineffectual.