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It’s another primary battle once again, the road to The White House for both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will again focus on another Super Tuesday. It’s March 4, 2008 and one candidate has momentum and the other simply does not. If Barack Obama and the wave that he is riding is to be stopped, then Hillary Clinton must stop it today or face the decision to withdraw from the race. A stark contrast from just a few weeks ago when the first Super Tuesday came through both campaigns and Hillary was still optimistic, not knowing that she would be losing the next 11 states all in succession.

If she cannot stop the wave, then by God Hillary better be a good surfer or she will risk drowning a political death. It rests with two states, Texas and Ohio. Two delegate rich states. 228 for Texas and 140 for Ohio. Just a little over two weeks ago, Hillary Clinton held a double digit lead in both states, but Obama has proven in the past months, that given enough time to reach the voters, he can always overcome these types of leads.

Clinton however can rest a bit easier, if at all, in knowing that there have been early voters who have already casted their votes. These are voters who have not been given a chance to see the awesome grassroots and organizational machine that Barack Obama has on his side. It’s a new kind of politics, one that is taking roots from the bottom up. And even the Clinton strategy of relying on old formidable allies may succumb to such an effort. In fact, her allies may support her, but this may only mean a mere gesture as they have no means of combating the groundwork that Obama’s supporters have installed from precinct to precinct in order to get out the votes.

It’s do or die, sink or swim, too many analogies have Mrs. Clinton’s name on it. And in the end, she will have to hope for a New Hampshire like miracle. Where her supporters may just get themselves out there to vote for a woman they feel is getting increasing pressure, and not enough support. It’s experience versus Inspiration.

It’s a statistical tie in both states, and that bodes well for Mr. Obama. The pundits all say that if Hillary cannot hold a big win in both states, then she cannot and must not go on. I agree. She cannot ride to Denver, at the Democratic Convention, with a string of losses and ask the delegates to nominate her to be their party’s nominee for President of The United States, it just can’t happen that way. You can’t win by losing.

I am not predicting anything, because in politics, every day is a new beginning, and just when we think we have it all figured out, something like New Hampshire happens and turns everything up side down. What I will say, however, is that for the sake of The Democratic party, the battle must end sooner rather than later. Because as was shown in the past, no nominee has ever won the presidency when they have had to contest it in a bitter battle that led all the way to the party’s convention. With that kind of situation, there can be no momentum in the race to the White House.

Super Tuesday Round Two, and Hillary is losing in both campaign contributions as well as in the momentum game. If she can win Texas and Ohio, and win big, the best and worst days are still ahead for her.

On the other side of the coin, The Republicans see McCain as already having secured the nomination. It’s lights out for Mike Huckabee today. In all honesty, I really wouldn’t put it past The Republican Party to have made Huckabee run further, if only to see John McCain still be visible in this race. But then again, Huckabee supporters will say, that their man is running on principle, and since there is still a chance, Huckabee is still in. Again, today will decide Huckabee’s fate in the 2008 election primaries.

All eyes are on Texas and Ohio. Hillary Clinton must pull out all the stops. If she loses Texas and Ohio, or is she can’t win big, then I expect an all out blitz against her that will come from her own party. She never saw this coming, a second Super Tuesday. She didn’t plan for it, and now it’s showing.