Edwards senior advisor Jonathan Prince: "You can’t make a judgment until Ohio and Texas"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/us/politics/13assess.html?_r=3&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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But whatever challenges Mrs. Clinton faces, she has repeatedly proved to be a resourceful candidate with a sharp campaign organization and a passionate base of supporters. Should she win in Ohio and Texas, she could halt Mr. Obama’s claim to momentum and keep the race for pledged delegates from breaking against her. And there has been a history in this campaign of Mr. Obama winning, only to have Mrs. Clinton return and win.

“You can’t make a judgment until Ohio and Texas,” said Jonathan Prince, who was a senior adviser to John Edwards of North Carolina, who quit the race two weeks ago. “In this campaign, every time he has surged ahead, voters take a pause. If momentum keeps slamming into a wall, than you do have to come down to the numbers.”

[Buzz Clik]

1. Sounds like the NYT is trying to justify their endorsement. But, there's truth in what they say.

However, based on the current trends, Clinton will need more than just a slight margin of victory. She'll need big wins in both states and she'll need to find a way to reverse Obama's momentum.

We'll see what happens. It will be interesting.


EDIT: I wouldn't mind having this situation unresolved by the time the Indiana primary rolls around. I really, really want to have Obama visit our state. I would drive a considerable distance to see him speak.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Remember, nothing has counted yet, unless she won it. And nothing WILL count, until she wins.

[JNelson6563]

3. It's always "we'll know more after

(insert state(s) name here)". It hasn't been the case yet.

I hope to bob we do know more after this next batch.

Julie

[speedoo]

4. Huh?

“In this campaign, every time he has surged ahead, voters take a pause. If momentum keeps slamming into a wall, than you do have to come down to the numbers.”

True, this happened in New Hampshire, but I don't know what they mean by "every time". I think New Hampshire is the only instance.

[Buzz Clik]

5. I like this quote:

The next contest is Tuesday in Wisconsin, where some polls suggest that Mrs. Clinton is trailing, meaning it may be two weeks after that before she has a potential to put herself in a favorable light again.

At a time when Mr. Obama will be announcing that his train is leaving the station — and pointing to the relatively clear field that Mr. McCain has on the Republican side in urging Democrats to unite behind him — that could prove to be an awfully long two weeks for the Clinton campaign.

I'm not sure why that quote didn't make it into the OP. ;)