Clinton camp now says Obama must win all four Tuesday primaries -- AP

[Demagitator]

3/1/2008


Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is moving the bar on what it would consider to be success or failure in Tuesday's primaries.

A lot of Democratic stalwarts have been suggesting she'll have to fold her campaign if she doesn't win convincingly over Barack Obama in both Texas and Ohio. He's won 11 contests in a row. But her advisers are now saying that if Obama loses any of Tuesday's contests, it would constitute "buyers remorse" among Democrats about Obama as their nominee. That would include not just delegate-rich Texas and Ohio, but Vermont and Rhode Island, which also hold primaries Tuesday.

The remarks from top Clinton adviser Howard Wolfson stand in contrast to those made recently by former president Bill Clinton, who said his wife would have to win Texas and Ohio in order to go on and win the nomination.

Clinton plans more campaigning today in Texas, which polls now rate a toss-up. Surveys in Ohio show the former first lady with a modest lead.

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