Dem Race May Come Down To North Carolina

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CBS News political consultant Joe Trippi weighs in on the future of the Democratic race following Hillary Clinton's wins in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island:

The night of Super Tuesday it became clear that if you looked over the horizon Obama was going to be in the driver's seat for 10 or 11 contests, and that the first night Clinton would have a clear shot at victory would be March 4th in Ohio and Texas. It also became apparent that if Obama could target Texas and win it he might be able to break Clinton's back and stop any real chance at a Clinton nomination.

Now that the Clinton campaign has done what it needed to stop Obama's momentum and light up Clinton's, here is a look at what's next over the horizon.


http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/03/06/politics/horserace/entry3913620.shtml

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1. "it became clear" to anyone who looked at states like ME or WI

that Clinton could have had a shot there if she actually thought those states "mattered." Instead she focused on TX so she could have her massive 3% victory.