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In two weeks in Texas

It will be primary time in Texas on March 4.  Former President Bill Clinton is campaigning for his wife in Texas. 



According to Examiner.com,
Friday was East Texas day.  Texarkana folks heard about Senator
Clinton's health care plan and those in Longview got his "solutions"
speech.  He was running late to Stephen F. Austin U. in Nacadoches
where he focused on contrasting his wife and her opponent there. 
President Clinton wrapped up at 11:00 PM in Lufkin, emphasizing
Hillary's experience and trying to blunt Obama's "Change" argument. 
Today, Saturday he will travel to Amarillo, Lubbock and Austin.  With
such distances,  he will undoubtedly run late today, too.


Memeorandum carried headlines with differing opinions about how hard Bill Clinton hit against Barack Obama yesterday:


 

1) Michael James --"Bill Clinton: Obama ‘Literally Not Part of Any of the Good Things’ From the 1990s —"



2) "Bill Clinton avoids attacks on Obama in East Texas  — " from Bruce Tomaso at the Dallas Morning News



Midweek Senator Hillary "Clinton stumps in South Texas," reported the Bryan/College Station Eagle.  Another story from the same source is an excellent analysis of why "Clinton focuses on wooing Texas' Hispanics."  To quote:


Clinton. . . and Obama are in a tight race for Texas's 228 delegates.
Hispanic support will be critical; Latinos could make up about half of
Democratic voters on primary day.Clinton plans to stick to
heavily Hispanic venues on her first swing in Texas, campaigning
Wednesday in McAllen, Robstown outside Corpus Christi and San Antonio.




And in typically Texan fashion
, there is also a bit of controversy, "A Texas Tiff Over the Dems Debate," set for Austin, February 21.  It has been closed to the public, and the public is mightily upset . To quote:
The
cry for tickets went up within minutes of the announcement on February
11, but organizers initially responded that there would be no general
admission seats and tickets would be reserved for the University of
Texas, the Texas Democratic Party, the Obama and Clinton campaigns, and
debate broadcasters CNN and Spanish language network Univision.

The not-so-public debate prompted local media blogs to explode with angry and dismayed postings.





References:
 
Examiner.com -- excellent AP resource for Texas political news.

Clinton Rally Press photos.

"Obama leads" poll; "Clinton has slight lead" poll.


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