Coming into the March 4 primaries in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island, the best case scenario, as an Obama supporter, was for Obama to continue his winning streak. All he had to do was win a majority of the delegates in these states and basically secure his nomination in the Democratic Party. As luck would have it, Clinton ended up winning in Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island, therefore saving her presidential campaign. Obama is still in the lead, however, with 1520 delegates to Clinton's 1424.So how did Clinton manage to come back after a month-long losing streak? After doing no research whatsoever, I've concluded that this was in some way done by playing the desperate card- desperate, in this case, is referring to her appearance in Saturday Night Live and on The Daily Show the night before Tuesday's primaries. She also circulated some ad that involved her answering the telephone at 3AM in the White House, and apparently that helped, too.
On the Republican side, McCain is the presumptive nominee after Huckabee (finally) dropped out after Tuesday's primaries. Ralph Nader also seems to have declared his bid to run for president, and I have no idea why.
Also, Howard Dean scares me.
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