Reply #63: Fort Worth Star Telegram says its neck and neck and both camps challenging delegates.

[McCamy Taylor]

Austin is an Obama stronghold. The Star Telegram supports Obama but is a McClatchy paper so its reporting is generally nonbiased. Good source for stories about anything except local employers like American Airlines whom they will always favor.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/551746.html

Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were neck and neck in the continuing fight for Texas delegates Saturday, after a chaotic day in which tens of thousands of Texans turned out to participate in the next step of the presidential delegate process.

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Statewide, the candidates were running a close race in early results, with Obama winning 839 delegates going to the state convention and Clinton picking up 833, according to a tally by The Associated Press. That’s out of about 7,300 delegates expected to be chosen statewide.

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Supporters of both candidates made various challenges through the day at most conventions, contesting votes and delegates on the other side.

Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Brooks urged delegates to be prepared to unite behind the candidate who wins the nomination.

An early call of victory will allow a camp to later declare that their "victory" was stolen if they end up losing. This strategy was used by Bush in Florida in 2000 when Bush's cousin at Fox called Florida for W.