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Democrats, do you think Hillary's campaign will be finished if Obama wins Ohio and/or Texas?

With Obama having 8 straight wins in a row and on his way to 10, he is widening the delegate gap very rapidly.

Hillay's campaign is in huge financial trouble trouble right now, and with Obama bringing in the money every day, it seems like only a win in either Ohio and/or Texas would be able to save her campaign now.

Do you think Hillary will be able to stay in the race if Obama has another major victory?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I'm really struggling with which candidate to support, but I don't want the "super delegates" to decide who should win the nomination. The momentum seems to be going Obama's way. I hope he gets enough extra delegates that it won't matter how the super delegates vote. If the super delegates get to choose the candidate, that will be very bad for the party, particularly if Obama won the most states, got the most delegates and then a group of 800 mostly old White men decide to get the nomination to Hillary.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    First of all, remember that for the Democrats, none of the states are winner-take-all. This applies to both standard primary states and caucus states (along with the strange Texas hybrid). So Obama could win Texas and/or Ohio by a small margin, and Clinton would still get a proportional number of pledged delegates from each state. The larger issue here is the superdelegates. There are 796 superdelegates who will be free to cast a vote for Obama or Clinton at the convention. So unless Obama goes into the convention with 800 or more pledged delegates (and that's not likely) then the superdelegates will decide the nominee. In theory, Obama could go into the convention as the “choice of the people” with more pledged delegates, and the majority of superdelegates could vote in favor of Clinton making her the nominee. However that probably won’t happen, because as Democratic party insiders, the superdelegates know that under such a scenario, the voters would feel that Hillary Clinton had stolen the nomination, in which case she would probably loose to McCain in the general election. If disenfranchised Obama supporters see the Clintons as a thieves, then come November 4th, many liberals and African Americans will stay home, and many moderates and independents will go to the polls and vote for McCain. So if Obama can keep winning state after state and go into the convention with more pledged delegates, he should be crowned as the 2008 Democratic nominee.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Without a doubt it's over if she loses either Texas or Ohio. She may still fight on but she wont be able to get the necessary delegates to win. The only way she could win is if the super delegates went against the voters wishes and gave it to her at the convention anyway. I doubt very much that would be the case because it would destroy the Democratic party.

  • anna s
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    No, sorry, HIllary will not only NOT be finished with BO victories, she will end up coming out ahead in the end. The DNC needs to keep the Clinton powerhouse happy so in the long run they will agree to count Florida & Michigan delegates & will most likely also allow the 'super-delegates' to stay with/move to HRC.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It will be on its last legs but she will never drop out if she loses TX & OH. She will never want to admit failure. She will try to manipulate what superdelegates stick with her and others and hope to bamboozle the rest at the convention by getting FL and MI to count, not matter the cost to the party.

    People have to understand, the kind of power wielded by a President is an intoxicating thing that they desperately want to go back there in part to get the power back and also to have a bit of revisionist history of Bill Clinton's tainted legacy.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm an independant but I think her campaign is suffering and if she looses Ohio & Texas she will be done but she won't admit it and drop out. She has to much money invested in the super-delegates

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    she has to win texas and ohio to stay in the race. she cannot catch up with obama in delegtes.

    she come close if she wins both.

    igdubya - hillary is behind in delgtes... and obama ahead... so how can hillary get more the delgtes she can't

    none will get it.

  • 1 decade ago

    regrettably, if she did not win another state, she will still be the Nominee for the DIsmalcratic party. thats why I have never ever been a dismalcrat , I known since I was able to vote, who they really are,, soon the whole world will see them for what they are; if they are not already starting to see the SHEETS PROTRUDE FROM THEIR CLOTHING.....

    I have answered two political questions, I will answer no more, as that is not why I am here, however this election is far too important and I thought I would put my ten cents in...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    She has to have a clean sweep in both... and that will not happen in Texas. Texas is both primary and caucus. That's not good news for Hillary.

  • 1 decade ago

    Obama cannot get enough delegates to get the nomination before the convention, so, no, Hillary is in till the end.

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