NPR: Clinton’s Wins in Ohio, Texas Keep Race Alive. 12 March 2008
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What did Hillary Clinton win Tuesday? Simply the right to keep on fighting for the Democratic nomination. The senator from New York won three of four March 4 primaries, including two big wins in Ohio and Texas - must wins for her. As soon as the networks had called the Ohio race, but before the final result in Texas was known, Clinton appeared before a screaming crowd of supporters in Columbus.
She didn’t call herself the comeback kid, but the message was clear. “For everyone here in Ohio and across America who ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, and for everyone who has stumbled, but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up, this one is for you,” Clinton said. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois won Tuesday’s primary in Vermont (and continues to hold a lead in the overall race for convention delegates).
Texas Delegate Count. Obama gets delegate boost from Texas caucuses. 5 March 2008
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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama regained lost ground in the fierce competition for Democratic convention delegates today based on results from the Texas caucuses, partially negating the impact of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s string of comeback primary victories. Late returns showed Clinton emerged from Rhode Island, Vermont, Texas and Ohio with a gain of 12 delegates on her rival for the night, with another dozen yet to be awarded in The Associated Press’ count. That left Obama with an overall lead of 101 delegates, 1,562-1,461 as the rivals look ahead to the final dozen contests on the calendar. It takes 2,025 to win the nomination. The two presidential contenders made the rounds of the morning television news shows, agreeing on little — except that their historic struggle would continue at least until the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.
That left six weeks for public campaigning, and for private appeals to party leaders, known as superdelegates, who attend the convention but are not chosen in primaries or caucuses. Clinton has the support of 241 superdelegates, and Obama 202. But more than 350 remain uncommitted, a large enough bloc to swing the nomination should they band together.
