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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080305/ap_ca/on_deadline_clintonON DEADLINE: Democrats Fret Long Battle By RON FOURNIER, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 39 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton slowed Barack Obama's momentum Tuesday night with a winning formula that has Republicans smiling ? and some Democratic leaders hoping to end the race soon.
Though she still faces a virtually insurmountable disadvantage in the delegate chase, the New York senator managed to keep her campaign afloat with a "kitchen sink" attack strategy designed to raise doubts about Obama. It worked, but to what end?
A charmed politician who has faced few hurdles in is career, the Illinois senator had to answer questions about his ability to handle a foreign policy crisis (who do you want answering the White House phone at 3 a.m.?); his friendship with a donor facing fraud charges (Tony Rezko helped Obama with a land deal); his service in the Senate (failing to hold hearings as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee); and his credibility on trade (an adviser reportedly told Canadians that his opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement was posturing).
On Tuesday, the former first lady won Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island, losing only Vermont. Enough to stay in the race, she said, and go "all the way."