Sunday, February 17, 2008

Is Obama making a mistake?

Obama has been in Wisconnsin all week. Polls have him alead of Hillary, but not by a lot. So you can understand why he campaigned there because he needs the delegates. But he gave Hillary an extra week in Texas. Was that so smart?

Looking at the polls. Obama is going to loose Ohio. That's a lot of delegates. He needs a good showing in Texas. I'm afraid his given Hillary too much time to get momentum in Texas.

But her bet is risky too. She's staking it all on Ohio and Texas. She's said she has to win both to go on. She's put all her chips on the Lone Star state as well. She's been campaigning all week in the south of the state which is heavily hispanic, a demo that does well for her, but is that really where the population is?

I think Obama has a shot at Texas. Houston and Dallas/Ft Worth have a large black community. And Austin has a big liberal white community that might go Obama. He could do well in all 3 cities.

I have to believe the Obama campaign knows what its doing because they have done an amazing job so far. They know where they need to win. But the science is not necessarily clear to me here and I'm a little worried that Obama should have gotten to Texas a few days ago.

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