Clinton girds for must-win battles in Texas, Ohio

“If she wins in Texas and Ohio, I think she’ll be the nominee,” Bill Clinton told supporters in Beaumont, Texas.

“If you don’t deliver for her, I don’t think she can be. It’s all on you.”

Obama, relishing his blowout wins Tuesday in Wisconsin and Hawaii, fought off a two-front assault from his Democratic foe Hillary Clinton, and likely Republican candidate John McCain who branded him “naive” on foreign policy.

Clinton, stung by her latest losses to Obama, sought to puncture the notion that her rival is now marching towards the nomination, and girded for a crucial televised debate in

Texas on Thursday.

“You know, this campaign is not about a campaign. This campaign is not about a personality,” she said in a speech in New York, in her latest bid to suggest Obama’s blazing charisma masks a wafer-thin record of action.

The former first lady positioned herself as a crusader for a blue-collar army of waitresses, mailmen, firefighters, police officers, teachers and front-line soldiers.

“Others might be joining a movement. Well, I’m joining you on the night shift and on the day shift.”