HuffPo: Super Tuesday Fallout: Where The Race Goes From Here

[Renew Deal]

Hillary Clinton's strength among core Democratic constituencies -- women, Latinos and working class whites -- pushed her to victory in the mega-state primaries of California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts on Tuesday, slowing, at least for the moment, the momentum that had been building behind Barack Obama's bid for the nomination.

Clinton's solid majorities among women, who make up from 55 to 59 percent of voters in Democratic primaries, remains her most reliable source of support, although her backing among Latino voters not only helped her win California, but should work to her advantage in the potentially crucial March 4 Texas primary.

Over the past two weeks, support for Obama had been growing in both national and individual state surveys. Obama did well on Tuesday, by any standard, but he did not achieve the kind of decisive victory that his top aides had been privately hoping for, if not counting on.
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Lots more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/06/super-tuesday-fallout-wh_n_85249.html

[displacedtexan]

1. Here's the "Ouch!" paragraph in that piece...

Of those interviewed for this article, only the American Enterprise Institute's Norman Ornstein and Vanderbilt's Marc Hetherington remained firmly optimistic about Obama's long range prospects.