In the New York Post article, “CLINTON, OBAMA FACE DAY OF RECKONING,” by Tom Raum, an Associated Press Writer, the last day before the March 4th Super Tuesday is recapped discussing the events of each candidate. Hillary Clinton is cited saying “I’m just getting warmed up” with Raum concluding that she “expects to press the campaign on beyond Tuesday no matter the outcome” (Raum). This is contradicted by Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe calling Tuesday “the last big window of opportunity" for Clinton, noting that "enormous leads" she enjoyed as recently as two weeks ago had dwindled or evaporated.”
It seems it is a little late for Hillary to just be getting warmed up, as we are now into March. In addition, her strong leads on Obama in Ohio and Texas have diminished to a few points, if any lead still exists at all. In this sense, Plouffe, along with many others, makes a valid point that this is Hillary’s last chance. If she cannot pull it together March 4th, she cannot possibly win the nomination. But even if she wins both Texas and Ohio, she will need to win by 65% in each state to obtain the nomination. If she just barely wins, then she will serve to pause Obama’s momentum with the race being back at a new square one. It will be interesting to see if more former candidates get involved in endorsing after March 4th if the race is still up in the air.
Associated Press writer Mike Glover in Houston contributed to this report.
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