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Hillary Clinton won’t have the last laugh

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possibly it took the prospect of going down to an inglorious defeat to a relative civic novice to get hillary clinton to loosen up.in the last 72 hours, the new york senator has appeared on both “saturday endlessly live” and “the daily show.” on both appearances, she was calm, relaxed and natural, qualities that have been decidedly lacking in her campaign. the consideration b questionable heading into today’s important texas and ohio primaries is whether this new — or is it new, new? — hillary last wishes as resonate with voters. the latest zogby polls shows that clinton is leading challenger barack obama 47% to 44% in texas. both candidates are deadlocked in ohio at 44%. “the latest polling numbers are promising for clinton, but with 8% of likely democratic voters undecided in ohio and 7% undecided in texas both candidates have work to do today,” writes jessica fargen of the boston herald. “texas offers 228 delegates, ohio 164.”obama’s honeymoon with the media — which lasted an unusually long delay — also is coming to an end. the illinois senator’s campaign has stumbled somewhat in how it responded to criticisms that its opposition to nafta — a sensitive issue in ohio — was less than genuine. moreover, his one-time political benefactor antonin rezko is on trial towards political corruption in chicago.but this rebound from clinton may be too little too at an advanced hour. unless she stuns political pundits and wins prodigious, pressure will mount on her to rid of the race.

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