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Should Hillary’s political obituaries be put on hold?

Should Hillary’s political obituaries be put on hold?

Could Texas and Ohio dramatically change the narrative? After an extraordinary and intensive onslaught on Barack Obama on a wide range of fronts there’s just an indication tonight that those who’ve been preparing Hillary’s political obituaries might have to put their drafts on hold. For when a range of polls move in the same direction in the final hours before an election then it’s normally an indication that something might be happening. And that’s been the news today on the…

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How will the bookies decide who has won Texas?

How will the bookies decide who has won Texas?

Could we be heading for a messy post-election row? With tomorrow’s vital Texas primary attracting a lot of betting interest and with the result looking as though it is on a knife-edge there’s a chance that we might see a huge betting row over who actually “wins” the state. For the contender who wins the most votes in the main election might end up with significantly fewer delegates because of the complicated rules This is because of the two stage…

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Is this Hillary’s best ad so far?

Is this Hillary’s best ad so far?

But has it come too late? It has echoes, as one or two posters have suggested, of this brilliant ad by LBJ in 1964 when he was running against Barry Goldwater. UPDATE 1615 GMT. The Obama campaign have wasted no time in responding by getting this ad out – all within just over an hour. Democratic nomination betting is here. Mike Smithson

What will the chart look like on Wednesday?

What will the chart look like on Wednesday?

Is Obama really home and dry? Just looking at the chart showing the changes in betting prices set out in terms of implied probabilities and you get a sense of this extraordinary race to be the Democratic standard bearer in the Presidential election on November 5th. But could there still be a sting in the tail? Could the Clintons stage one of their famous come-backs? Could the prospect of the first female president still be on? In Texas they have…

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Was this the response where Hillary went wrong?

Was this the response where Hillary went wrong?

Comfort-tmby luvnews Should she have avoided “calling for a pillow” for Obama”? The above thirty second snatch has probably been the most widely criticised part of Hillary’s performance in the debate overnight. It was as though she was trying to make herself look the victim. On the issue at stake, whether she was always asked the first question, commentators have noted that on at least three occasion she jumped into to answer a point without one of the moderators suggesting…

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Will the Cleveland showdown change anything?

Will the Cleveland showdown change anything?

Could Clinton’s sustained attacks impede Obama? The final debate ahead of the critical March 4th primaries in Texas and Ohio has ended with Hillary not managing to make the knock-out blow that she needed to. My view was that she probably won on points – but only by a narrow margin. The questioning by MSNBC’s political team was much tougher than we have seen. At one point I thought that Hillary “had” her opponent when he was pressed about an…

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Is 5/1 Kathleen Sebelius a good V-P bet?

Is 5/1 Kathleen Sebelius a good V-P bet?

Is this the woman who will join Obama on the ticket? Unless there’s a dramatic turnaround in Hillary’s campaign in the next few days then in the middle of next week speculation will turn to who the junior senator from Illinois will choose to be his running mate. There has, of course, been talk that it should be Hillary herself and certainly that would please large sections of the party. But after the campaign that we have seen and her…

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