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UPDATE 7:00

MSNBC calls VT for McCain and Obama.

UPDATE 9:00

MSNBC calls RI and TX for McCain. That also gives him enough delegates to be the presumptive nominee. He is scheduled to go to the White House tomorrow to get blown by Bush.

UPDATE 9:05

Someone take Chris Matthews off the air. He is having an orgasm over John McCain and saying how it will be very hard for a Democrat to beat him this year.

UPDATE 9:20

Huckabee is history. He has dropped out to spend more time with fried squirrel.

9:23

MSNBC calls RI for Clinton.

10:50

MSNBC calls Ohio for Clinton

Glenn Smith, one of Texas' most plugged in politicos, has posted a piece on MyDD laying out Clinton's reasoning for wanting to sue Texas over the delegate selection. Shorter version - it's to control the media.

I was discussing this with a friend earlier. He brought up something interesting. Who else do we know that tries to change rules, stomps their feet and does whatever they can to get what they want. If you said George Bush then you win the prize.

A new Reuters poll has Obama leading Clinton 48-42 percent in Texas and trailing her 44-42 percent in Ohio.

Chuck Todd just reported on MSNBC that Clinton aides are threatening to sue Texas over their delegate selection process. Basically Clinton is scared of winning the primary, but loosing the caucus they run.

This is a sign of serious desperation on the part of Clinton. It also echoes the desperation shown by her Michigan and Florida claims. Changing the rules just because she is down? She could end up distancing enough Democrats from her that if she did somehow manage to get the nomination, people won't bother to vote for her in the general. Is this what she wants for the country?

UPDATE

The Houston Chronicle is also reporting on it:

The Texas Democratic Party warned Thursday that election night caucuses scheduled for Tuesday could be delayed or disrupted after aides to Hillary Rodham Clinton threatened to sue over the party's complicated delegate selection process.

In a letter sent out late Thursday to both the Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns, Texas Democratic Party lawyer Chad Dunn warned a lawsuit could ruin the Democrats' effort to re-energize voters just as they are turning out in record numbers.

State parties have had their delegate selection plans turned in for over a year. Now that the going gets tough she wants to sue? This is getting ridiculous.

Clinton's firewall in Texas is the one failing. A new CNN poll how has Obama leading 50%-46%. Guess it's time to give Mark Penn a bonus.

Obama is supposed to be under the protection of the Secret Service, yet they ordered police to turn off the metal detectors at a rally in Dallas. Something sounds really fishy there.