{"id":2941,"date":"2008-03-04T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/03\/obama-clinton-in-texas-ohio-showdowns-tonight\/"},"modified":"2008-03-04T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T14:02:00","slug":"obama-clinton-in-texas-ohio-showdowns-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/03\/obama-clinton-in-texas-ohio-showdowns-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama, Clinton in Texas, Ohio showdowns tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R81W1qYDs2I\/AAAAAAAAFI4\/dgqNP9LDpvw\/s1600-h\/Clinton,+Hillary.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R81W1qYDs2I\/AAAAAAAAFI4\/dgqNP9LDpvw\/s200\/Clinton,+Hillary.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173887026826818402\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The battle between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> could come to an end this evening if Obama sweeps four states where Democrats are voting today.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But if recent polls are any indication, <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> may be regaining some momentum in the nick of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Voters in <st1:state st=\"on\">Texas<\/st1:state>, <st1:state st=\"on\">Ohio<\/st1:state>, <st1:state st=\"on\">Rhode Island<\/st1:state> and <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Vermont<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> will pick their candidates today. Obama has 11 straight wins. Even <st1:city st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:city>\u2019s husband has said she must win the delegate-rich states of <st1:state st=\"on\">Texas<\/st1:state> and <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> to continue. While she had been falling in polls for weeks, many of the final polls in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2008\/president\/tx\/texas_democratic_primary-312.html\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2008\/president\/oh\/ohio_democratic_primary-263.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio<\/a> have <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> regaining the lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R81W2KYDs3I\/AAAAAAAAFJA\/2hO1gTbHXqk\/s1600-h\/Obama,+Barack.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R81W2KYDs3I\/AAAAAAAAFJA\/2hO1gTbHXqk\/s200\/Obama,+Barack.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173887035416753010\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Meanwhile, on the GOP side, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnmccain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John McCain<\/a> could win enough delegates tonight to make it mathematically impossible for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikehuckabee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Huckabee<\/a> or another candidate to catch him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On the Democratic side, Lt. Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltgovernor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diane Denish<\/a> is in <st1:city st=\"on\">El Paso<\/st1:city> campaigning for <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. Handfuls of people from <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">Ana<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placename st=\"on\">County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place> have also made the trip south to promote both candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Tonight should be interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton could come to an end this evening if Obama sweeps four states where Democrats are voting today. But if recent polls are any indication, Clinton may be regaining some momentum in the nick of time. Voters in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont will pick their candidates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}