Bill Clinton: Texas Could Be Hillary's Last Stand

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Bill Clinton: Texas Could Be Hillary's Last Stand Former President Tells Lone Star Crowd Wife Needs Wins in Texas and Ohio By RICK KLEIN and SARAH AMOS

Feb. 20, 2008 —

There's a Texas-sized stumbling block on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's comeback trail.

Even Clinton's most devoted surrogate -- her husband, Bill Clinton -- acknowledged the do-or-die stakes on Wednesday in Beaumont, Texas, conceding that a loss in Texas or Ohio would likely doom her candidacy.

"If she wins Texas and Ohio I think she will be the nominee; if you don't then I don't think she can. It's all on you," the former president told the audience at the beginning of his speech.

A series of demographic and organizational challenges are coming together to make the Lone Star State an extraordinarily difficult venue for Clinton, with her campaign needing a decisive win to overcome Sen. Barack Obama's growing edge in convention delegates.

With polls showing the race essentially tied, several independent political analysts say that even if Clinton takes an overwhelming share of Latino voters, she will be hard-pressed to carry the state, much less capture a large share of delegates.

And the unique way that Texas awards delegates could force Clinton to take as much as 55 percent of the state's vote just to break even in the battle for delegates, said Richard Murray, director of the University of Houston's Center for Public Policy.

"They've gotten some bad breaks here," Murray said. "Texas is not well set-up for her, and the Obama people have figured that out. It's tough  but they've got no choice. They must win down here, and win convincingly."

Must-Win for Clinton

[Sub-Driver]

Holy smokes - it's the Alamo!

[Hacklehead]

“Holy smokes - it’s the Alamo!”

May it end the same way as the first.

[NorCoGOP]

"If she wins Texas and Ohio I think she will be the nominee; if you don't then I don't think she can. It's all on you

It's never the Clintons' fault, is it, Bill?

[Izzy Dunne]

it's the Alamo!

No, it's Waco, 1993.

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

Don’t worry-you can bet your ass they have an alternate plan.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Boy, BJ’s conflicted in a major way.

On one hand he wants to salvage his own legacy, on the other he wants his bride to be the President even less than I do.

LOL :^D

[praise]

Let the fake tears begin. boo hoo

[Old Sarge]

May it end the same way as the first.

Overwhelmed by a horde of Mexicans crossing the border.

Anyone else see the irony?

[NonValueAdded]

Touche. Payback is truly a mother.

[NinoFan]

I really hope Hillary wins Texas. We need her as the Dem nominee. Obama will crush McCain.

[what's up]

Yup...Obama's going to falter when he starts to actually face questions.

Super delagates may be the way they go.

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

Hmmm....

http://www.delegatehub.com/

[kjo]

Will these people finally, finally, please, just go away.

[JFC]

People are standing in lines voting early in Texas. Early voting started yesterday and will last 2 weeks. From the people I saw in line... they are voting against Hillary!

[xtinct]

It's amusing to see Clinton vs upstart Obama... keep on fighting...

[Bender2]

Ya mention 'Alamo' and 'Clinton'... in the same breath, I'll have to thump ya, Pilgrim. Thump ya hard!

[Doogle]

....bout time for her thighness to play the sympathy card...lets see, we had the $1000, then the $5000 per kid, then the cackle,then the tears,then the race card mixed in through out..nothing is working, guess the Rapist has to get caught with a 19 year old doing the horizontal rumba and her filing for divorce all before Texas

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Pig night in Laredo.

[Tigercap]

Bill Clinton: “It’s all on you”. I noticed the same. Never a Clinton’s fault.

[Melinda]

It just hit me between the eyes as I listened to Bill campaign for his so called “wife”. His words ring so hollow now, knowing even HE doesn’t respect her enough to keep his pants on. The whole charade makes my skin crawl.