Austin, Texas
Tuesday’s contests will decide whether the Democratic primary contest continues or not. If Obama wins both Texas and Ohio then it will be impossible for Hillary Clinton to continue. While if Hillary wins both Texas and Ohio then she will have a new lease of life, she would still be the underdog but she would have earned the right to stay in the race until at least Pennsylvania on April 22nd.
For Hillary the minimum she needs to do to credibly carry on is to triumph in Ohio, where she currently leads in the poll, and the popular vote in Texas, where she trails narrowly according to the latest numbers. If she loses delegate-wise in Texas because of the caucus element having won the ballot earlier in the day, she’ll be able to argue that caucuses–which have given Obama a string of victories–unfairly disenfranchise her supporters who can not afford to take an hour out of their day to participate in these events.
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