Now that Obama has won his 9th and 10th consecutive primaries in Wisconsin and Hawaii, will Texas be Hillary Clinton's Alamo?  It is critical for the Clinton campaign to win both Ohio and Texas on March 4th.

The Intrade prediction markets (www.intrade.com) are showing an erosion of support for Clinton in both Texas and Ohio, and positive momentum for Obama to win the overall Democratic nomination.  2,025 delegates are needed to secure the Democratic nomination.

According to the WSJ article on 2/13,"Intrade says it correctly call the 2004 presidential election in 49 states -- it got only Alaska wrong.  And Iowa Electronic Markets says that it has been more accurate than 75% of almost a thousand political opinion polls over the past 16 years."  Both Iowa and Intrade have been forecasting Obama will get the Democratic nomination since the results of Super Tuesday.

The Obama contract for the Democratic nomination (OBAMA08) has been showing gains since Super Tuesday, and is currently predicting an 81.50% probability that Obama will get the nomination vs. a 18.6% probability for Clinton (CLINTON08).
-Clinton has lost 33.6% over the last 7 days, while Obama has gained 7.5%, in the Intrade markets.

Texas Primary on March 4th:  Support for Clinton (CLINTON.TX) has been falling and is currently at a 30% probability that she will win Texas vs. a 69% probability that Obama will win Texas according to Intrade.

 
Ohio Primary on March 4th: The race is tighter in Ohio, with Clinton (CLINTON.OH) showing a 52% probability of winning Ohio according to Intrade, though she is losing momentum, and Obama is gaining with a 49% (OBAMA.OH) probability of winning Ohio, according to Intrade.

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