Obama now could take Texas and Ohio

Barack Obama will continue to air his two-minute television ads all weekend long in Ohio.  That, coupled with his strong debate performance earlier this week, has helped him catch up to Hillary Clinton in Ohio.  After trailing by a long-shot last month in both Texas and Ohio, Obama is now in a position to win the two contests on Tuesday -- and grab the Democratic nomination.

Two new Zogby polls are in:

Texas
45% - Barack Obama
43% - Hillary Clinton

Ohio
45% - Barack Obama
45% - Hillary Clinton

As far as the Ohio ground effort is concerned, Obama developed a strong advantage following endorsements from the Teamsters, SEIU and UFCW.

Also, Obamaniacs from all over the country have flown in to places such as Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Youngstown to help volunteer.  This is grassroots presidential politics at possibly its finest in American history.  Engagement leads to an activated citizenry -- and only an activated citizenry leads to true change.  This race isn't about Barack Obama.  It is about what Barack Obama is inspiring people to do.  Community engagement is absolutely necessary when it comes to protecting, defending and promoting democratic principles in our everyday life.  This is 'change' not as a bumper-sticker slogan, but change you TRULY can believe in.

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[bacalove]

NBC's Lisa Myers and Jim Popkin report that Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show. The federal government has accused the Illinois management consulting firm, International Profit Associates, or IPA, of a brazen pattern of sexual harassment including "sexual assaults," "degrading anti-female language" and "obscene suggestions." Sen. Clinton's spokesman, Howard Wolfson, told NBC News in a statement that the senator decided to keep the funds because the lawsuit is "ongoing" and because none of the sexual harassment allegations has been proven in court." This is the usual Camp Clinton Hypocrisy Spin.

Hillary and Camp Clinton is the core of what is Wrong with Washington politics, the do and say anything to win no matter what is done to the country and the country's morale. Jim Hightower, Texas columnist states, "Senator Obama represents the bright future that is possible in America when ordinary people begin to take charge. Clinton and McCain certainly have a wealth of Washington experience, but Obama has tapped into our country’s enormous democratic potential, and that’s not merely exciting, it is invaluable to our future.” The reason so many Senators are endorsing Obama is because they know with him, they have a chance of getting unity and not division, truth and not spin.

Hillary Clinton's healhcare plan will be like Mandated Auto Insurance, which will cause more suffering to people than it is worth. And, it will also be helpful to the insurance companies, with enforced penalties and fines. Hillary Clinton Was for Nafta before she was a little bit against it. Hillary Clinton will run the Country like she has run her Campaign, a disaster. Hillary Clinton takes words from her husband and Edwards, but that is not Plagiarism. Hillary will never apologize, she does not believe in that.

She is a consummate Actress from years in the Whitehouse and Scandal. Every thought she issues has been thought out and well planned ahead, she has no Genuine moments. The Real Hillary is the one who, after Barack has won a primary or caucus, comes out on stage and does her stump speech without Congratulating him at all. She does not like to apologize, nor congratulate. She is not truthful or authentic. She should disclose her Income Tax Reports. She voted for the Iraq war because she did not have enough compassion to be concerned about what it would do to the young men and women and their family who had to do the dirty work of Bush. Unfortunately she was more concerned about doing what was best for Hillary, what was so-called Politically Correct at the time.

Before leaving the White house, President Clinton on behalf of Hillary asked the National Archives to withhold from the public until 2012 many records of their time in the White House, including much of Hillary's correspondence and her calendars. (There are ongoing lawsuits to force the release of those records.) - She says Shame on Obama, I say Shame on Hillary!

[Bill]

Keep in mind that Zogby is the most pro-Obama poll there is. His polls always tend to be a bit favorable to Obama, compared to the others.

[RJ]

RealClearPolitics.com (which tries to be as independant as possible) has it:

Texas: Obama 45.8, Hillary 45.0
Ohio: Obama 43.6, Hillary 47.6
Penn: Obama 37.0, Hillary 46.0

[David]

Check out the Obama banners ads on these TX & OH newspaper sites! They are running an awesome campaign!

http://www.dallasnews.com/

http://www.chron.com/

http://www.statesman.com/

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

[George]

Obama better damn well have Texas 5 if he's running around Rhode Island.

A solid win in Texas would end this.

A win in Ohio would embarrass clinton.

Just Win Texas! Ohio is gravy.

[Jon]

Take a look at Hillary's strong arm tactics planned for the Texas Caucuses. This reminds me of what I saw with my very own eyes in Nevada.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Texas_caucus_hardball.html

[Jon]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Texas_caucus_hardball.html