Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton has lived on to fight another day.
Thanks to much-needed wins in the March 4 Texas and Ohio primaries, Clinton's campaign has renewed momentum. Clinton had lost 12 consecutive states to Obama—but she has won the more delegate-laden states, such as California, New York and, now, Texas and Ohio.
Clinton received 54 percent of the vote in Ohio compared to 44 percent for rival Sen. Barack Obama. In Texas, she won with 51 pecent of the vote compared to Obama's 48 percent. However, despite the wins, Clinton was not expected to cut substantially into Obama's delegate lead. ( The Democratic nominee needs 2,025 delegates; CBS News reported March 5 that Obama had 1,512 delegates to Clinton's 1,423. )
Two other states also held primaries. Clinton prevailed in Rhode Island while Obama won Vermont.
Clinton has hinted at the possibility of a joint presidential ticket with Obama. On CBS's Early Morning Show on March 5, she said, '...that may be where this is headed, but of course we have to decide who is on the top of the ticket.'
Wyoming will hold its caucuses March 8 and Mississippi will hold its primary March 11. However, the next big primary is considered to be April 22 in Pennsylvania.
On the Republican side, McCain clinched the party's presidential nomination by sweeping main challenger Gov. Mike Huckabee in all four states. McCain needed 1,191 delegates to capture the nomination, and topped that number with his wins March 4. He was endorsed by President George Bush March 5.