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It was not supposed to happen here. Texas planned on taking a back seat in this year's political battles. All the brouhaha would be over by March 4, when the Texas primary rolled around, the pundits said. And Texas would sleepily run through its odd combination primary/caucus.

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not2needy
Feb. 25, 2008, 4:03 p.m.
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On Tuesday, the first day of early voting, election officials across the state reported a record turnout. In just one day in the state's 15 most populous counties, some 65,000-plus voters went to grocery stores and bank lobbies, rec centers and libraries to vote. Some images are startling: 1,000 Prairie View A&M students, a traditionally African-American college in a rural area west of Houston, marched seven miles to the nearest early voting station. And in a state requiring no party registration to cast a ballot, two out of three early voters so far have asked for a Democratic ballot. That is where the battle is being fought: between a must-win Hillary Clinton and a surging Barack Obama.
WOW, 2 out of 3 voters are asking for a democrat ballot!
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not2needy
Feb. 25, 2008, 4:07 p.m.
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Texas has one of the longest - 10 days this year - early voting periods in the country; and the turnout tends to a follow a familiar pattern, says Rice University political scientist and pollster Bob Stein. It's heavy for the first three days and the last three. With the caveat that this year's election is breaking familiar patterns (particularly the magnitude of the numbers voting), Stein says that it will likely benefit Clinton initially"I expect Clinton would benefit from 'early' early voting only because her polling numbers were higher before the campaign came to Texas," Stein said.
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Mdiar
Feb. 25, 2008, 4:24 p.m.
I predict a Clinton Obama nearly 50/50 split of delegates. It won't be the blowout Clinton needs though. It won't cap Obama's momentum.
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Shadowolf
Feb. 25, 2008, 4:33 p.m.
Texans seem to be showing the rest of us where they stand on no uncertain terms...
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Searchbeam
Feb. 25, 2008, 4:33 p.m.
From what I hear from my Texan friends is Hillary is going to lose big. They say it is because they can sense who is telling the truth and who isn't!
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Shadowolf
Feb. 25, 2008, 5:24 p.m.
Me neither...but for a MUCH different reason...
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Spadecaller
Feb. 25, 2008, 5:26 p.m.
The more Hillary rants, the better for Barack. And, she's ranting a lot! LOL... A freakin' banchee...
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kctrixter
Feb. 26, 2008, 12:21 a.m.
"I expect Clinton would benefit from 'early' early voting only because her polling numbers were higher before the campaign came to Texas,"
When you do better before you campaign, I think it's time you take a long at what you're saying.
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simonsez
Feb. 26, 2008, 3:40 p.m.
Bill can talk his way out of anything. She doesn't have that skill.