According to the UK's Daily Telegraph, senior advisors in the Clinton campaign are in "a state of panic" and claim that Senator Clinton will pressure party leaders for a deal if she manages to win Texas and Ohio on March 4.
Hillary Clinton's advisers 'in a state of panic'
By Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in Chicago
Last Updated: 11:53am GMT 10/02/2008
Hillary Clinton's most senior advisers are in a state of "panic" about her presidential prospects and are plotting to enlist Democrat leaders in Congress to thwart her rival Barack Obama's ambitions.
The Clinton camp is braced for Mr Obama to win a series of primary elections over the next three weeks, which they fear could hand the Illinois senator unstoppable momentum in the race for the White House.
I'm not too familiar with the British press or these writers, so I don't know how much stock to put in the article, but I found it interesting.
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The Clinton camp hopes to stop the Obama bandwagon by winning Texas and Ohio primaries on March 4, after which Mrs Clinton is planning to call on party grandees including Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Harry Reid, the party's leader in the Senate, to persuade Mr Obama to stand down.
I, for one, can not imagine any scenario in which Senator Obama would withdraw from the race on the basis of the March 4th primaries alone. Especially if he actually does sweep the remainder of the February contests. In fact, I think it harder and harder to imagine Senator Obama losing both Texas and Ohio if he is able to complete the sweep in Feb. The momentum behind his campaign would be unbelievable.
Speaking of unbelievable... from the linked article:
But the Clinton camp fears that a failure to engineer a deal could lead to bitter battles at the Democrat convention in Denver in late August, which could even end with Al Gore, the former vice president, emerging as a compromise candidate.
"There's a five per cent chance of that happening, but that's five percent too high," the Clinton source said.