Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton:
Tonight was the Clinton campaign’s last best chance to make a significant dent in our lead in pledged delegates and they have failed. In our latest projections, we will win the Texas caucus with a double-digit margin and any pledged delegate shift will be absolutely minimal. In fact, Clinton’s chances of regaining the delegate lead actually decreased tonight, as the number of delegates remaining dwindles.
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The networks have now called the Texas primary for Clinton. What does that mean in terms of delegates? Zero. As we’ve pointed out time and time again, Texas is the only state that doesn’t apportion any Democratic National Convention delegates based on statewide vote percentages. All 193 Texas delegates are chosen by state senate district, and a third of those via caucuses. Other media and other blogs can choose to go along with the media spin. Not me. Only a month ago the media spin on the night of Tsunami Tuesday was that Clinton “won” the overall “national primary” that day. Within days, though, reality set in, and was then reflected by 11 states in a row (12 if you include Vermont coming in first tonight). It’s about delegates. That has been The Field’s analysis all along, and that will continue to be the basis of the conclusions here. Stubborn? Yes. Will time prove this emphasis to be right? Yes.
