| "The presidential primary March 4th in Texas may | | | | district in Houston gets 10 delegates, according to |
| decide which Democrat faces the likely Republican | | | | Chronicle. This complicated system of choosing |
| Party nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona. | | | | delegates has some Democrats unhappy and |
| Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the final two | | | | calling for a change. |
| Democrats left, face off in a tough, high-profile | | | | The estimated cost to campaign in Texas' diverse |
| showdown in the Lone Star State. | | | | markets is an expensive million dollars a week, |
| The Democratic candidates are almost in a dead | | | | and Senator Obama has been raising that much |
| heat in the state, according to a Houston | | | | per day, collecting $32 million in January, while |
| Chronicle poll. Texas voters in the Democratic | | | | Senator Clinton just loaned her campaign $5 |
| Party primary are diverse, with just more than | | | | million, and some of her senior aides are working |
| half either Hispanic or African-American. The 228 | | | | without salaries this month. After raising $13.5 |
| delegates will be split according to vote totals in | | | | million in January, Clinton announced Feb. 7th that |
| the 31 state senate districts, with precinct | | | | her campaign raised $7.5 million in just one week; |
| conventions and a state caucus deciding the rest. | | | | Obama's campaign then went out and raised that |
| Also, voter participation in the 2004 and 2006 | | | | much in 36 hours. That's why Mrs. Clinton wants |
| elections for each district decides how delegates | | | | to debate Senator Obama once a week on |
| each senate district receives. For example, a | | | | television, since such publicity is free. So far, Mr. |
| heavily Hispanic district in south Texas with low | | | | Obama has agreed to only one debate, and that's |
| voter turnout in the last two statewide elections | | | | in Cleveland, Ohio, February 26th on NBC. There's |
| could receive 7 delegates, while a high-turnout | | | | also talk about one Texas debate. |