Thursday, February 21, 2008

ABC News: Bill Clinton Tells Texans It Could Be Over

Texas Could Be Hillary's Last Stand
Former President Tells Lone Star Crowd Wife Needs Wins in Texas and Ohio

By RICK KLEIN and SARAH AMOS
Feb. 20, 2008

There's a Texas-sized stumbling block on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's comeback trail.

Even Clinton's most devoted surrogate -- her husband, Bill Clinton -- acknowledged the do-or-die stakes on Wednesday in Beaumont, Texas, conceding that a loss in Texas or Ohio would likely doom her candidacy.

"If she wins Texas and Ohio I think she will be the nominee. If you don't deliver for her, I don't think she can be. It's all on you," the former president told the audience at the beginning of his speech.

Read the whole article here. Huffington Post has the AP version of a similar story here.

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