Deat Heat In Texas

[Nbadan]

Two newly released polls show a dead-heat between Clinton and Obama in Texas...

Polls Show Tight Primary Race In Texas
By Eric Kleefeld - February 21, 2008, 3:43PM


Two new polls of Texas show the Democratic primary to be a dead heat, with Hillary Clinton grabbing a narrow lead. Seattle-based Constituent Dynamics, in a poll commissioned for a local TV station, gives Hillary 46% to Barack Obama's 45%. Texas-based IVR has Hillary at 50% to Obama's 45%.

The IVR poll went one step beyond simple statewide polling, and assigned delegates based on the state Senate districts where respondents lived. The result was a bare eight-delegate edge for Hillary from the primary, hinting that she could be in trouble even if that lead holds up — one-third of the Texas delegates will be won in caucuses held later that night, a setting in which the Hillary camp has had a lot of trouble organizing effectively.

Link (http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/polls_show_tight_primary_race.php)

They say that chance favors the prepared mind. Had the Obama campaign floundered in Iowa or on Super Tuesday, then much of this advance work would have been for nothing (or at best, a possible 2012 run). To many people, investing so heavily must have seemed foolish and a waste of resources. The Obama campaign is reaping the harvest that they began sowing a long time back.

Meantime, the Clinton campaign appears to be trying to grow a ground operation from scratch; by their own admission, they didn't plan to be fighting in Texas until a few weeks back. I don't think that a 2-month-old state campaign is going to beat one that was started a full year ago.

[Nbadan]

The Billary Campaign is already deep in debt.....


Hillary Rodham Clinton ended January with $7.6 million in debt — not including the $5 million personal loan she gave to her campaign in the run-up to the critical Super Tuesday elections, according to financial reports released Wednesday.

In contrast, Democratic rival Barack Obama’s campaign’s finances continued to be robust.

He reported raising nearly $37 million and spending nearly $31 million. His cash balance was $25 million, of which roughly $20 million can be spent on the primary. He reported a comparatively small $1 million in debts, owed largely to just three vendors.

The January monthly financial disclosure reports glimpse a behind-the-scenes imbalance that has had a significant impact on the primary contest — one that continues in the days leading up to the critical March 4 primaries in Texas and Ohio.

As the Clinton campaign scrambles for cash, Obama appears on track to raise more than $30 million again in February.

Phil Singer, a Clinton spokesman, downplayed the disparity. “Thanks to an enormous outpouring of support, we will raise more money this month than in any other so far. We have all the resources we need to compete and win,” he said.

But the Clinton report paints a picture of a one-time front-runner under enormous pressure after miscalculating that she would wrap up the nomination before or on Feb. 5.

According to the reports, Clinton raised about $20 million in January, including her loan. She spent nearly $29 million during the month.

Politico (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8613.html)

[Extra Stout]

Her only chance now is to hope some scandal breaks.

[Nbadan]

Dateline: Prairie View Texas


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.....1000's of students walk 7 miles to vote.......

[Holt's Cat]

Dead Campaign in Texas.

Maybe she'll go Kerry and start reminding the Yellow Dogs that her opponent is 'half black'. Not that there's anything wrong with it, mind you.

[Spurminator]

The Billary Campaign is already deep in debt.....



Politico (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8613.html)


Quick! Write another book!

[JoeChalupa]

Expect Hillary to go for the jugular in tonight's debate.

[Holt's Cat]

Expect Hillary to go for the jugular in tonight's debate.

How? "My opponent is a crack smoking gay black corrupt plagiarizing muslim"?

[boutons_]

Looks like Hillary's campaign organization in TX is ugly:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/clintons-texas-ground-ga_b_87723.html

[Cant_Be_Faded]

lol my mom said she gave bill clinton a hug and the SS guys got apprehensive

[GaryJohnston]

lol my mom said she gave bill clinton a hug and the SS guys got apprehensive

Did he grab her ass??

[boutons_]

Someone saying the black TX voters could outweigh the Tex-Mex non-voters:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/28333.html

[JoeChalupa]

Will republicans really come out and vote for Obama just out of hate for Hillary?

[Yonivore]

Will republicans really come out and vote for Obama just out of hate for Hillary?
I'm actually voting for Hillary in the primary...I want this to go on for awhile. Besides, McCain beats her easier than Obama.

[boutons_]

McCain, at very least because of his Iraq occupation support and being poisonously embraced by the extremely unpopular dubya, seen as dubya's 3rd term, will lose to Obama or Hillary.

The Dems will close ranks, turn out in huge numbers like they have been doing in the nomination race, and overwhelm McCain. The Repugs are gonna eat shit, which will be too good for them.

[spurster]

Texas: Clinton 48%, Obama 47%
Ohio: Clinton 50%, Obama 43%

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102097_pf.html

[Yonivore]

Texas: Clinton 48%, Obama 47%
Ohio: Clinton 50%, Obama 43%

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102097_pf.html
My plan is working.

[dallaskd]

If its not winner take all...why is it so huge?

[Yonivore]

How? "My opponent is a crack smoking gay black corrupt plagiarizing muslim"?
You forgot Commie lover. He's gay? Not that there's anything wrong with that.