Mike_Rosen's Blog

Hillary Clinton's campaign raised the bar of expectations for Barack Obama today.  In a memo to press, the campaign points out that Obama has outspent Clinton 2-1 ($18 million to 9 million) alone on advertising in the four states with primaries Tuesday (TX, OH, VT, RI). 

"If he cannot win all of these states with all this effort, there's a problem," Clinton's campaign said. 

Obama is now leading in the polls in Texas.  Clinton is clinging to a lead in Ohio.  Theory is if Clinton loses both states, she's out of the race.  If she splits, her campaign's argument is that she has momentum and very much alive for the Democratic nomination.