Clinton Closes In On Obama in Texas
According to the latest Zogby International poll (reasonably reliable), Hillary Clinton is closing in on Barack Obama in Texas. A couple of days ago, Obama was leading by 6%. That lead has decreased to only 2% now. 43% of Texas Democratic Primary goers say they’ll vote for Clinton, against 45% who say they support Obama.
In Ohio, meanwhile, Obama is closing in on Clinton. They’re now tied there. Both receive some 45% support at this point in time. Fox News, meanwhile, still has Clinton in the lead.
What does this all mean? Simple. Both are too close to call. It also means that Clinton is still allowed to hope that she’ll win this thing. And, of course, it means that Obama can’t afford to take it easy. He has to fight back, for a double victory for Clinton will basically tie them once again. At least in perception.
More at Talk Left (h/t for the link to the Fox poll) and Taylor Marsh.
A close win is not good enough for Clinton. She needs to beat Obama by 10 points in both Texas AND Ohio to stay in this thing. Maybe she should take that female golf reporters advice about how to beat Tiger Woods: "take him (in this case Obama) out back and lynch him."
Hardly. With the expectation burden now squarely on the Barackstar, a deadheat result will be mean Clinton has regained a bit of momentum back.
Paul that’s nonsense. A close victory is good enough for Clinton. She needs to, at this point in time, prove that she’s still in this thing.
If she wins, by the way, I think it’s time to talk about a brokered convention. No?
Casual Observer wrote "…a deadheat result will be mean Clinton has regained a bit of momentum back."
A few weeks ago, Clinton was continuously in the press reminding people to just wait until March 4th primaries because Texas and Ohio were her firewall states. She was leading by double-digit numbers in both Ohio and Texas. It amazes me how Clinton supports and her camp spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin. Obama has come from 20 points behind in just a few weeks, and yet you say that if they tie, Clinton has gotten momentum back. All the contrary…it means that she lost her firewall, lost supporters, and lost face.
last I checked the Dem’s polls I had heard that Clinton was ahead in TX but Obama closed in and tied it. and he was closing in Ohio. I had not heard the one where he was ahead.
However TX splits up it’s delegate votes depends on if a close vote matters or not.
Where is the firewall that she was building? Has the firewall been compromised? I cannot believe they have no shame in trying to fool the public again, by lowering expectation. Here again, the Clintons claimed a week ago that they were building an insurmountable security force; unfortunately, it seems that it is about to crumble.They start to sound like the other candidate from New York who was building a firewall in Florida.I hope that she is candid enough to quit the race as Bill Clinton stated that she must win both Texas and Ohio in order to remain competitive.Hillary, please, do not lower expectation; get ready to quit if you do not win both state, OH & TX, so we could start shaping the contest to win in November.