Sen. Hillary Clinton wins the Texas primary, CNN projects; Texas caucus results yet to come.

[Dan J 277]

True. But ignore CarolsMarc, Dan. I find it enhances my quality of life to pretend he doesn't exist.

I wonder what the discussion would be like if the Republican party did not use winner take all. It would likely still be a 3 way battle, with McCain winning, without majority support.

Yep. Although I'm glad the Republicans handle things the way they do, because now I can rest easy since McCain is the worst thing I could have to deal with (even though I pretty strongly dislike him). I suppose it's not good for Dems, though.

Yeah, Regardless of who the Dem nominee is, I'm still not going to vote for McCain. But they could have done worse.

True. But ignore CarolsMarc, Dan. I find it enhances my quality of life to pretend he doesn't exist.

I concur, Dan.

He has been on my ignore list for awhile now and almost the only person on it.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

The pic of a spray bottle! ......ooooh ouch. Little monkey. The seathing rage from someone who has so much love. Fukin hypocrits! Fallin down the hole of dependence. Hope it works out for ya all.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

He has been on my ignore list for awhile now and almost the only person on it.

Smart man.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Your big Lib get together doesnt bring much releif does it? Your still feelin the hate uh? Yep, startin to foam from the mouth. Ignoring the truth is very good.

Edited March 5, 2008 by CarolsMarc

[rebeccajo 14]

Hillary pulled out all the stops.

Exit polling was interesting. Her gains were made with a lot of voters who said 'race mattered' when selecting a candidate.

[Ban Hammer 14,182]

Hillary pulled out all the stops.

Exit polling was interesting. Her gains were made with a lot of voters who said 'race mattered' when selecting a candidate.

so racists vote for hillary

[Heracles 417]

Yey!!! I am looking forward to more scandals under the Clinton's..

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Hillary pulled out all the stops.

Exit polling was interesting. Her gains were made with a lot of voters who said 'race mattered' when selecting a candidate.

so racists vote for hillary

To some voters, race matters, as the exit polling demonstrating. There's no spin in that fact. Perhaps some people think we're not ready for a black president? That question had been brought up.

[Heracles 417]

To some voters, race matters, as the exit polling demonstrating. There's no spin in that fact. Perhaps some people think we're not ready for a black president? That question had been brought up.

So which of the following would you say is worse than the other. Someone refusing to vote for Obama because he is black or someone voting for Hillary simply because she is a women.. Both of these types of voters are as dumb as each other.

[simple_male 1]

True. But ignore CarolsMarc, Dan. I find it enhances my quality of life to pretend he doesn't exist.

Yes, I agree with you. CarolsMarc is very irritating.

[simple_male 1]

As it stands right now Hillary has gained 1+17+5-8 or about an overall gain of 15. Far form a landslide. For someone who had much higher expectations its pretty much a failure.

She is going to spin this as much as she can, and so will her supporters. But she does not have the victory she needed tonight.

No one was the clear winner from yesterday. Hillary will get another chance. She has only gained about 10-15 delegates. She did well in OH because of her economy message. Many Ohioans lost their jobs and its per capita income is one of the lowest in the nation, a factor favored Hillary.

[Caladan 19]

As it stands right now Hillary has gained 1+17+5-8 or about an overall gain of 15. Far form a landslide. For someone who had much higher expectations its pretty much a failure.

She is going to spin this as much as she can, and so will her supporters. But she does not have the victory she needed tonight.

No one was the clear winner from yesterday. Hillary will get another chance. She has only gained about 10-15 delegates. She did well in OH because of her economy message. Many Ohioans lost their jobs and its per capita income is one of the lowest in the nation, a factor favored Hillary.

Yeah, neither of them got a knockout blow. Obama's still ahead overall. Clinton needed a 20 point victory to argue successfully that she's in contention, and she didn't get that. But it's looking more likely it's going to be decided by the DLC at the convention.

[Cassie 8]

As it stands right now Hillary has gained 1+17+5-8 or about an overall gain of 15. Far form a landslide. For someone who had much higher expectations its pretty much a failure.

She is going to spin this as much as she can, and so will her supporters. But she does not have the victory she needed tonight.

No one was the clear winner from yesterday. Hillary will get another chance. She has only gained about 10-15 delegates. She did well in OH because of her economy message. Many Ohioans lost their jobs and its per capita income is one of the lowest in the nation, a factor favored Hillary.

Yeah, neither of them got a knockout blow. Obama's still ahead overall. Clinton needed a 20 point victory to argue successfully that she's in contention, and she didn't get that. But it's looking more likely it's going to be decided by the DLC at the convention.

Hillary wins, but fails to make significant inroads into Obama's lead. This sucker is going down to the wire.

[simple_male 1]

As it stands right now Hillary has gained 1+17+5-8 or about an overall gain of 15. Far form a landslide. For someone who had much higher expectations its pretty much a failure.

She is going to spin this as much as she can, and so will her supporters. But she does not have the victory she needed tonight.

No one was the clear winner from yesterday. Hillary will get another chance. She has only gained about 10-15 delegates. She did well in OH because of her economy message. Many Ohioans lost their jobs and its per capita income is one of the lowest in the nation, a factor favored Hillary.

Yeah, neither of them got a knockout blow. Obama's still ahead overall. Clinton needed a 20 point victory to argue successfully that she's in contention, and she didn't get that. But it's looking more likely it's going to be decided by the DLC at the convention.

Hillary wins, but fails to make significant inroads into Obama's lead. This sucker is going down to the wire.

The following is written by an AP journalist:

Clinton wins. Now what?

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

Wed Mar 5, 3:12 AM ET

WASHINGTON - Congratulations, Hillary Rodham Clinton. You did what your husband said you had to do and won Ohio and Texas.

Now what?

"Tonight we won three out of four contests and began a new chapter in this historical campaign," the victorious Clinton told reporters on her campaign plane.

But even if she wins every contest left, Clinton still would have a hard time overcoming Barack Obama's pledged delegate lead. In fact, her task got even harder because even though she won Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island Tuesday night, she didn't do much to close the delegate gap — and with every contest that passes, the number up for grabs drops.

Obama focused on the math while addressing supporters in Texas. "We have nearly the same delegate lead as we did this morning and we are on our way to winning this nomination," he said.

Clinton's best hope is to try to rack up big margins in the spring contests. Even her own advisers acknowledge Obama will probably win the two other states left this month — Wyoming on Saturday and Mississippi next Tuesday. If she is able to continue turning voters against Obama in the races after that, she could plausibly clinch the nomination by persuading superdelegates to back her.

It won't be easy.

Her success Tuesday night came after she put a series of hits on Obama. She ran TV ads that questioned his foreign policy credentials — one that pointed out he didn't call hearings on the fight against terrorists in Afghanistan and another fear-inducing piece that depicted her as the best candidate to handle an international crisis that erupts at 3 a.m. when your children are asleep.

Her campaign tried to raise more questions about Obama's connections to an indicted fundraiser as he went on the trail. Clinton said Obama tried to pull the old "wink-wink" by talking tough on free trade in Ohio while secretly reassuring Canadians that he is no protectionist.

"He needs to figure out a way to respond quicker without being trapped into sort of the politics of squabbling," said Democratic consultant Jenny Backus. "She slowed him down tonight by throwing a bunch of inside the beltway arguments over him, and it took him a day too long to get out from underneath it."

With seven weeks until Pennsylvania, there's plenty of time for the race to get even uglier.

And if the race drags on, it may not just be Clinton. Even as he was ahead with 11 straight wins leading into Tuesday, Obama made some of his toughest critiques yet of Clinton, and those are only likely to increase as he tries to force her out of the race.

"They need to run their own race, but they need to be able to turn the focus back to her," Backus said.

Nedra Pickler has covered presidential politics for The Associated Press since 2002

[almaty 19]

The pic of a spray bottle! ......ooooh ouch. Little monkey. The seathing rage from someone who has so much love. Fukin hypocrits! Fallin down the hole of dependence. Hope it works out for ya all.

brother marc, you not on my ignore list....and i certainly do not consider you a troll, cause your opinion may differ than mine. i value it ...

.i think, the more opinions we get, the more we need to examine our preceptions...dean