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Clinton and Ferraro's form

• Justin Webb
• 12 Mar 08, 09:27 PM GMT

I agree with Owen Glaze and Ryan B up to a point (by the way, did you see of the Pennsylvania situation?) but the exit polls from Mississippi suggest, do they not, that people who have made up their minds more recently have tended to be for Hillary - suggesting momentum for her.

She certainly has to win Pennsylvania. But if, as Owen suggests, the majority of Democrats have not voted for her - even after a win there - she is finished. Short of Kevin Burns and his "obscene manipulation" (great phrase). Nathan L is right about the fundamental miscalculation of the Clinton camp - if that is what it turns out to be - with regard to fighting for all states. They never thought it would be necessary. Now they have an office in Puerto Rico!

Spencer and Doug, we are looking at the Texas issue - you are right we must certainly report the (new) full result on 29 March.

Jon Gardner asks why I have not reported Geraldine Ferraro's : here is the . I note that (towards the end) she acknowledges that she would not have been a vice-presidential candidate were it not for her sex. But she also has this tiresome arch way of blaming "men" for doing Hillary Clinton down. And she , as they say. Obama would never make such a suggestion about "whites" or "Latinos" - and if he did, he'd be doomed. Perhaps Men (post Eliot Spitzer?) are too easy a target for self-pitying politicians in need of excuses. Anyway, she has stepped down and can now devote more time to Fox News.

And Minimoog - I shared your surprise!

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The Democrats' long wait

• Justin Webb
• 12 Mar 08, 02:17 AM GMT

For the Democrats post-Mississippi it all boils down to this does it not...? Forget Pennsylvania. Don't even bother reading about it. Yawn at the result (she wins: 55%-45%).

Nothing will be decided now until 10 June (the last legal day of the primary season). If Hillary wins the popular vote (and all the big states) and Barack wins the delegate count (and more states though smaller), it goes to court and to the streets of Denver. It probably does anyway. I hope I still fit my flak jacket - haven't tried it on since Bosnia.

Meanwhile, American readers will be amused, I suspect, to read of the in its efforts to create model citizens. I see Times readers have already come up with for the pledge of British allegiance.

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