What Clinton Needs to Win

According to Republican strategist Karl Rove, Hillary Clinton needs to secure at least 53% of all the primaries and caucuses left in order to win the necessary number of delegates for the Democrat nomination. In early returns in Texas, Obama leads Clinton, 50% to 48%, with 14% of the voting reported. One third of the votes in Texas come out of party caucuses, so it will take a while for all to be settled in the Lone Star State. Former Texas congressman Martin Frost reports that Obama led Clinton in the early voting by 75,000. Clinton is expected to close the gap tonight and the question is whether or not she can overcome the deficit from early voting. Even if she wins the popular vote it is possible for Obama to gain more delegates because of the caucuses.