NYT and WP, same headline: Clinton and Obama "Trade Victories"

[DeepModem Mom]

WP, pg1: Clinton and Obama Trade Victories
N.Y. Senator Withstands Push By Surging Rival in Key Battlegrounds

By Dan Balz and Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, February 6, 2008; Page A01

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won victories over Sen. Barack Obama in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York last night, giving her presidential campaign a crucial boost. But Obama countered by winning of a string of states, including the general election battleground of Missouri, in the seesaw race for the Democratic nomination.

The results ensured that the fierce contest for delegates will continue into critical primaries in Texas and Ohio on March 4, and possibly beyond, in what has become the party's most competitive race in at least a quarter of a century.

Clinton claimed four of the five biggest prizes in Super Tuesday's 22-state Democratic competition. She also captured Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Those victories helped stem what appeared to be gathering momentum around Obama's candidacy since he won in South Carolina on Jan. 26.

But Obama won in more places than his New York rival, racking up victories in his home state of Illinois, as well as Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota and Utah. His narrow victory in Missouri came after Clinton appeared on the brink of winning there. Only the outcome in New Mexico remained unresolved early this morning.

In many of the states Clinton won, Obama had surged from far behind to narrow the gap in the days before Super Tuesday. Her ability to hold off his charge brought a sense of relief to her campaign advisers, but the likelihood that neither would emerge with a significant advantage in delegates was a sign that their roller-coaster competition would continue....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502368.html?hpid=topnews

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NYT: Support Divided, Top Democrats Trade Victories
By PATRICK HEALY
Published: February 6, 2008

Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama carved up the nation in the 22-state nominating contest on Tuesday, leaving the Democratic presidential nomination more elusive than ever. Mrs. Clinton won California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and her home state, New York, while Mr. Obama took Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota and his base in Illinois.

It was a night of drama as millions of Democrats cleaved sharply between two candidates offering them a historic first: The opportunity to nominate a woman or an African-American to lead their party’s effort to reclaim the White House. Yet it was also a night when neither Mr. Obama nor Mrs. Clinton could decisively lay claim — or even secure an edge — to the nomination, assuring an electoral fight that will unfold for weeks to come.

In remarks to their supporters in Manhattan and Chicago, Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama smiled broadly but were relatively low key in their assessments of the night, as if they knew that their state-by-state successes did not add up to the grand prize of Democratic standard-bearer. Both sounded a little tired at times, already exhausted by campaigning and fund-raising, with only more of both ahead.

The wild race from the East Coast to the Pacific began with the first results in Georgia, then Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton traded victories about every 30 minutes. Preliminary vote figures in multiple states were close enough to spike adrenaline in the two camps as each sought an edge.

And throughout the night, uncertainty about the biggest delegate prize, California, vexed both campaigns. Early Wednesday, however, Mrs. Clinton solidified her lead there, providing a huge morale boost to her team from a state that has long been a cornerstone of successful Democratic campaigns....

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/us/politics/06delect.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

[still_one]

1. It was a draw, and this may even go to the convention undecided

Edwards delegates will become even more valuable as time goes on

[Straight Shooter]

3. Do you think, perhaps ...

... Obama might be regretting mocking Edwards' answer about his weakness being too compassionate for the poor?

[still_one]

7. Nope. Those things only matter here at DU, like Hillary's laugh

or Edward's hair

It will be whoever can reach out to the imagination of the voters in the coming states, and the remaining Edward delegates

If we go into the Convention undecided, which I think there is a real possibility, anything can happen

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Good, accurate headline

[itsrobert]

4. Fair headline

Obama with the slight edge. But it was really a draw with the MO going towards Obama in the next 8 states.

[angie_love]

5. good headlines

[Zynx]

6. Fair headlines. Also, the national popular vote was close.