Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton has lived on to fight another day after March 4 victories in Texas and Ohio.
Clinton had lost 12 consecutive states to rival Sen. Barack 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. ( As of the morning of March 10, Obama had 1,578 delegates to Clinton's 1,468. A Democratic candidate need
Two other states also held primaries. Clinton prevailed in Rhode Island while Obama won Vermont.
On March 8, Obama won the caucuses in Wyoming, picking up seven delegates. Clinton won five delegates.
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.' However, in Mississippi on March 10, Obama shot down any sort of ticket that would have him as vice-president: 'With all due respect, I've won twice as many states as Sen. Clinton. I've won more of the popular vote than Sen. Clinton. I have more delegates. So, I don't know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who is in first place.'
Mississippi held its primary March 11, and Obama was expected to easily win that state. However, the next big primary is considered to be April 22 in Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, on the Republican side, Sen. John McCain locked up the official presidential nomination by sweeping Gov. Mike Huckabee March 4 in all four states. According to Reuters, he plans to visit England, Israel and France March 19-21 in what is seen as a way to boost his national-security credentials. Among the people slated to join him is Conn. Sen. Joe Lieberman, the former Democrat ( now Independent ) who was the Democrats' vice-presidential nominee in 2000.
—Andrew Davis