The Day After, and the Campaign's Continue...What's Next?

The headlines this morning are disappointing for any Obama-guy or Obama-girl naturally. But in reality Obama's campaign and movement did not lose, it was merely a political draw. The Dallas Morning News's Front Page headline Resurgent Hillary Clinton beats Barack Obama in Texas, Ohio, sounds bad but then when you get into the details:

Mrs. Clinton's popular vote victory in Texas gave her bragging rights, but Mr. Obama, with his strong showing in the delegate-rich areas of Dallas, Houston and Austin, could emerge as the winner in the pledged delegate race.

The Texas newspaper then provided an AP article titled: Obama regains some delegate ground based on Texas caucuses,

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama regained lost ground in the fierce competition for Democratic convention delegates on Wednesday based on results from the Texas caucuses, partially negating the impact of Hillary Rodham Clinton's string of comeback primary victories....

...There were 370 Democratic delegates at stake in Tuesday's contests, and nearly complete returns showed Clinton outpaced Obama in Ohio, 74-65, in Rhode Island, 13-8, and in the Texas primary, 65-61.

Obama won in Vermont, 9-6, and was ahead in the Texas caucuses, 30-27. Ten of the dozen that remained to be awarded were in Texas; the other two in Ohio.

Now will or how Obama will hit back? Newsweek's Richard Wolffe's article: "After losing Ohio and Texas, his camp hints that they'll target the Clintons more harshly"

Behind the scenes, the Obama strategy is two-fold: to start fighting against the GOP opponent, and to amp up the fight against Clinton. Both are crucial in getting Democrats—especially the superdelegates who will decide this nomination—to focus on what lies ahead. With McCain the GOP nominee, the Obama camp is convinced that the party will not want to endure several weeks of hand-to-hand combat.

Obama's aides are more than ready to turn their half-hearted criticism into a full-blown attack on the Clintons. Among the targets on the Obama campaign's list: the Clintons' tax returns, Bill Clinton's international business relationships, and the secret donors to the Clinton foundation.

However the campaign is unlikely to move from 0 to 60 in a matter of days. First they are banking on wins in the next contests, in Wyoming and Mississippi. At the same time, they are likely to roll forward with a series of new superdelegate endorsements. Along the way, they will issue thinly-veiled threats about the kind of negative campaign