I call for Obama to concede.

He just lost three in a row, including Ohio. No one has ever one the presidency without winning Ohio. I heard that on MSNBC, so it must be the gospel truth, right?

Concede Obama! For the party! For the country!

God help us all. President McCain.

This beautiful night has been dedicated to Josh Marshall, Arianna Huffington and Kos.

Congratulations to Hillary for the win in the Texas primary.

Um, Obama's gonna win TX in primary delegates. Then, there's the caucus delegates. He'll win maybe as many delegates in TX, in fact, as Clinton will in OH. See here: link

Also, anyone notice when OH was called? About 9:55 CST. TX was called at 9:55 PST. Hmmm, I wonder why that time is so special?

How in the world does this mean "Hillary Wins Texas"? Just another example of the anti-Hillary bias I guess.

Congrats to the Clinton supporters on this blog.

Lessons from tonight...

The Dems will fight it out till the very end. Repub chances are greatly improved.

Obama needs better message/press control. Clinton spun what is essentially a save (from a 20 point lead) into a "comeback."

Going very, very negative works. Clinton still has a 50% negative rating. Obama will have use it and go much more negative with her. Reactive ads are not as good as proactive ads. Gloves off.

Clinton will tag team with McCain to win the nomination.

McCain would greatly prefer to run against her and will let her do it since he benefits.

This isn't so bad, McCain will have to divide his fire.

Denver is going to be fun (and probably tragic).

moral of the story, i guess, is that going "super negative" really does work. which is a pretty sad indictment of the judgment and critical thinking skills of the American public.

the media narrative over the next few days will be sickening: "Hillary's comeback", despite the fact that she was 20 points ahead in Ohio and Texas less than 2 weeks ago and has never been "down" outside of the margin of error in either state.

And you know that McCain will not lay a glove on the queen. So Obama will be getting hammered from both sides from the next month. He'll either be tested by fire or, well... I don't want to think about it.

In fact I haven't heard a single commentator (Rachel Maddow included) mention how much ground he made up in TX in two weeks.

I agree, it's gloves off. It's a clear criticism of Obama that he's pie in the sky and naive. It's time to prove that you can be hopeful for a new direction in this country while still taking care of business. Rachel Maddow just said that she doesn't think people shy away from him because they think he doesn't have the experience or policy credentials...they are afraid he's too timid and can't fight.

I'm depressed. I can't bring myself to go to bed...looking for solace on the blogs I guess. I just don't see how a protacted negative race helps in November. I think there needs to be more time to heal the wounds and bring the party together. John McCain starts tomorrow...

"No one has ever one the presidency without winning Ohio."

I think you meant won, and coincidentally John McCain won Ohio too.

Let's not forget that McCain currently has a base problem in the general election. The only thing that will solve it for him is HRC getting the nomination.

To that point, given her negative, mudslinging, fighting spirit these past 4 days it's likely that HRC will ensure that the Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in this election. She can't red-phone McCain in the election, and he has a few well-known pieces of legislation with his name on it like McCain-Feingold that appeal to independents. The experience argument doesn't work against him, nor does the change argument. McCain will be able to point out that another Clinton Administration will be "Back to the Future" all over again, and it will be more Lincoln bedroom drama.

Obama can be a true anti-war candidate and call McCain's judgements into question. Moving forward I hope that Obama will now call HRC out on her real achievements in the Senate, which are not much aside from wagging her finger at General Petraeus over the surge...oh, and McCain gets to do an "I told you" so on that one one too.

What is the concrete example of leadership on national security in HRC's famed dossier of experience? Please tell me. And in the Senate too? Her leadership on healthcare reform in the 90's was dreadful and her record in the Senate isn't stuffed with any real examples of leadership either. Her campaign has also been poorly led; let's not forget that tonight Obama cut into a very large lead that she enjoyed in both Ohio and Texas only 2 weeks ago.

She's the smoke and mirrors candidate, and is also the one behind in pledged delegates, not Obama. But her own political ambition and sense of entitlement will not allow her to leave until she decimates any sense of unity the Democratic party might have had to win the White House.

Congratulations on winning tonight by going negative Hillary, and bravo to those in the Democratic party who rewarded her for doing so. How inspiring it will be to have Grandpa -vs- the Old Battle Ax in the Fall.

Oh, and one more uplifting comment about her new campaign mantra after this win...how about HRC expropriating Obama's "yes we can" to both "yes she can" and "yes we will". She and her supporters can't even organize a clear message around a stolen campaign slogan. What genius. Absoluetly awe inspiring rhetoric.

I just use a delegate calculator for the Texas primary along with the most current (I think) district results and came up with this:

Obama: 67 delegates
Clinton: 59 delegates

Calculator: http://www.lonestarproject.net/DemPrimary.htm
Results: http://precinctconventionresults.txdemocrats.org/election08district

I assumed equal turnout increases over 2004. Also, many districts are still reporting fewer than 40%.

Why is everybody calling Texas when, at 6:30 am Wednesday, only 36% of the caucus precints info is available and he is winning it? The primary results being so close, can't the caucus affect it?

"But the win allows Hillary to claim that she's won all the big states, an argument that will make it easier for her to argue that she has a fair claim to continuing in the contest, despite her big deficit in pledged delegates."

No her win doesn't allow Hillary to make this claim, you & the rest of the media allow this. Since her campaign introduced this "story line" weeks ago, the media has gradually bought in & now they spout it like it's truth. It's as if Obama hasn't won any big states & what difference does it make anyway? It's not as if either Dem candidate can't carry California or New York.

Shame of the lot of you for allowing her fairy tales to continue.

CNN Obama blunder on 3 AM call

An interesting response from Obama today regarding the 3 AM phone call ad.

Obama questioned whether Hillary had the experience to pick up that 3 AM call.

The interviewer then asked him to cite his security experience.

His response? "That's the point, neither of us do."

Not the best answer, especially if he goes against McCain. The speech against Iraq will only go so far.

WHAT AN IDIOT!!! SEE YOU IN THE COMMERCIAL