Straight from the Talking Points Memo, the Clinton campaign is making the argument to financial donors that their internal polling shows Hillary Clinton five points up on Obama in the firewall states of Texas and Ohio.
"The lowest number I've heard from them is eight," the donor tells me. The campaign won't publicly discuss such numbers for fear of creating unrealistic expectations.
The adviser and donor tell me that the argument being made from inside is that if she can win both those states by between five and 10 points, she can at least begin to close Obama's lead in pledged delegates to within somewhat more manageable numbers.
Indeed, the donor tells me that he's frustrated that the campaign has failed to do more to stop the media from portraying her candidacy as doomed.
"There's a perception that's been building in the press, on cable and in print, that this is effectively over," the donor says. "They've got to get the message out that this is far from over."
The Talking Points Memo article was written yesterday by Greg Sargent, and we have ten days left of campaigning to do in Texas and Ohio. I don't think the internal polls in the Clinton campaign will continue to hold up, so, Obama supporters, please go to www.barackobama.com to help get out the vote, phonebank, and donate to put Obama over the top in Texas and Ohio!
I've also included a snippet of yesterday's ground game by the Obama campaign in Corpus Christi here:
9:53 a.m.: Local Democrats reported that the two presidential campaigns were starting to reach out with phone calls. Seems that Hillary Clinton’s campaign is using previously recorded phone messages from former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros to drum up support, while Obama’s campaign is trying a different tactic. Local residents reported receiving live phone calls from their own neighbors who vowed their support of Obama and were urging others to do the same.
REMEMBER TO CONTINUE MAKING THOSE CALLS TO TEXAS AND OHIO!!! A live phone call from an Obama volunteer is ten times better than a robocall from a Clinton supporter.