It would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago, but Hillary Clinton's advisers are
now saying that the upcoming Ohio and Texas primaries are "must wins" for Clinton to stay in the campaign.
“She has to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she’s out,” said one superdelegate who has endorsed Mrs. Clinton, and who spoke on condition of anonymity to share a candid assessment. “The campaign is starting to come to terms with that.” Campaign advisers, also speaking privately in order to speak plainly, confirmed this view.
Several Clinton superdelegates, whose votes could help decide the nomination, said Monday that they were wavering in the face of Mr. Obama’s momentum after victories in Washington State, Nebraska, Louisiana and Maine last weekend.
Some said that they, like the hundreds of uncommitted superdelegates still at stake, might ultimately “go with the flow,” in the words of one, and support the candidate who appears to show the most strength in the primaries to come.
Clinton's fundraising is now doing very well and is on pace to raise $25M this month, perhaps spurred by supporters panicked by her own "loan" of $5M to her campaign. The campaign plans to deploy Bill Clinton to rally voters in both Ohio and Texas.
It would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago, but Hillary Clinton's advisers are now saying that the upcoming Ohio and Texas primaries are "must wins" for Clinton to stay in the campaign.
