Primaries and caucuses in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont today. Election results should be coming in any time now. We know that McCain may clinch it all in the Republican race. As for what is at stake on the Democratic side and a breakdown of the numbers, this is what the Washington Post had to say:"Obama began the day with a total of 1,386 pledged delegates and unpledged superdelegates, compared with Clinton's total of 1,276, according to an Associated Press tally.
At stake today are 370 Democratic delegates.
Texas is the crown jewel of the day -- doling out 193 delegates in a hybrid primary-caucus process. The primary vote, which concludes when polls close in West Texas at 9 p.m. Eastern time, apportions 126 delegates based on the percentages of the vote Obama and Clinton carry in the state's 31 state Senate districts. The other 67 delegates will be awarded in a caucus process that starts tonight and ends at the state convention on June 6. Ohio will award 141 delegates, Rhode Island 21 and Vermont 17."
More interestingly, Bill Clinton put it this way in a speech in Texas a few weeks ago:
"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."
Clinton did have a big lead in Texas and Ohio, but Obama has closed the gap to a dead heat in Texas. Ohio polls still have Hillary ahead by a bit. But those are just polls - we will start getting real results soon.
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