Congratulations to the Clinton camp, but the race is still over.

[TheWraith]

The Clinton campaign did a little better than expected in Ohio and Texas, holding on to about 3-5% more vote than I for one had anticipated. But retaining another few points out of what was once a 30 point lead isn't momentum. And what the Clinton die-hards who are trying to spin this as putting the race up in the air again don't want to acknowledge is the delegate math. Even if Clinton won every single remaining state, it wouldn't bring her even with Obama. And if things shake out the way they're likely to, even if Obama did poorly the rest of the way, she wouldn't even have enough superdelegates to overturn the results.

All that narrowly winning Ohio and Texas does is delay the inevitable moment when Hillary has to step up and admit she's not going to be the nominee.

[natrat]

1. please this is corpgov-what they dont win they steal

[RBInMaine]

2. Oh no it isn't over. OBAMA MUST CHANGE TACTICS AND...

GO ON OFFENSE !! She has new momentum and could overtake him. It would be BAD for him to keep losing states. He needs to change tactics and start going on offense.

[goldcanyonaz]

3. Clinton has the momentum now.

[Hawkeye-X]

5. What momentum?

All she's doing is hitting a very large wall and backing and hitting it again.

She's not getting anywhere - it's OVER for her.

Hawkeye-X

[smiley_glad_hands]

6. Momentum?

She was ahead 20 pts in OH & Tx two weeks ago.

[NeedleCast]

17. So having a 20% lead in Texas...

...three weeks ago and having it cut to 3$ and having a 25% lead in Ohio three weeks ago and having it cut to 10% is momentum? Interesting theory.

[mculator]

20. 3 in a row!

[Renew Deal]

24. Until saturday or until tuesday?

When she loses 1 and then 2 in a row? :shrug:

[Tarc]

4. Do you really think the superdelegates are still going to flock to Obama?

After the stumbling ineptitude of his campaign in the last week or so? Obama will go in to the conventino with a 50-70 pledged lead at most. Once there, it is wide open.

[MNDemNY]

7. Once there, it's HRC country.

[Hawkeye-X]

9. Where?

All I see is PA, and at best, it'll be 50/50.

[MNDemNY]

12. The convention.

gobama....go home.

[Hawkeye-X]

8. Not from what I see.

The net gains that Hillary won last night? Wiped out via Mississippi and Wyoming primaries - and guess what? Hillary is ignoring both of them. Obama is going to be in both states and working the crowds, and will win them both by about 20% and add to his delegate lead.

Hawkeye-X

[Tarc]

23. And it'll be taken right back by Pennsylvania

[TheWraith]

14. More so than before Clinton endorsed McCain over Obama.

DNC officials and high elected Democrats tend to value things like party loyalty. Not to mention they usually don't apprecciate fearmongering and swiftboating.

[Tarc]

21. Lies don't help your case any, my child

Hillary did not "endorse" McCain. You are trying to give legs to something that has none.

[TheWraith]

28. She backstabbed the presumptive nominee to the benefit of the Republican.

No, it wasn't an endorsement, but it was the next best thing. I suggest you google "hyperbole."

[bpeale]

16. and what happened to the whine that the SD should support what the majority want?

oh, only if obama is in the lead, right? works both ways

[Q3JR4]

27. That's what I think should happen,

no matter the outcome.

Q3JR4.

[Mezzo]

10. keep hoping that's true. Good luck nt

[DemBones DemBones]

11. You wish! "It ain't over 'til it's over" -- Yogi Berra

It ain't over, not by a long shot.

[DrFunkenstein]

13. I Thought That Was Lenny Kravitz

In any case, it is.

[kentuck]

15. Seriously...

How do you come to that conclusion? After last night, I would think Hillary might be the favorite and Obama the underdog? There's a long way to go.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Obama Has Lost His Nat'l Lead Against Hillary And McCain

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama nationally by five percentage points in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Clinton now attracts 48% support while Obama earns 43%. Daily tracking results are collected via nightly telephone surveys and reported on a four-day rolling average basis. Virtually all of the interviews for today’s update were completed prior to the announcement of Clinton’s victories in Ohio and Texas last night.

Looking to the general election, John McCain has a slight lead over both Democrats. McCain now leads Obama 48% to 43% and Clinton 46% to 45% (see recent daily results). A Rasmussen Reports video suggests that the Clinton victories in Texas and Ohio are good news for John McCain. In Washington State, McCain leads Clinton and is essentially even with Obama. The Governor’s race in Washington is also a dead-heat.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

Rasmussen is one poll... I await oher polls to confirm this... He peaked too soon...

It was an interesting fad- like streaking, the hula hoop, the leisure suit, and the pet rock...

[RememberWellstone]

19. win streak is over

It's a whole new ball game.

[JorgeTheGood]

22. look for the delegates that

abandoned HRC, to start flopping back ... they know BO can't win the GE ... the early polls state that loud and clear.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. That's What I See

Obamamania has run its course...He is already trailing Hillary and Grand Pa McCain in the nat'l polls...

He was like a NASDAQ stock in the late nineties...

[PresidentObama]

26. Really? Someone should tell that to Clinton and Obama, who are still campaigning for the nomination.

Oh, that's right...it's not over!!