As of this moment it looks as though it will be difficult to stop the great deluge of momentum that is the Barack Obama Presidential campaign. Obama swept the Potomac Primary tonight with wide margins of victory over Hillary Clinton (Clinton lost by 50% in D.C., 28% in VA and 24% in MD at the time of this posting). These landslide victories by Obama when coupled with the fact that he is now leading the polls in Wisconsin (once a Clinton stronghold) and Hawaii (the place of Obama’s birth), means that Clinton’s firewalls; Ohio and Texas have never been more important to the Clinton camp.

In recent polls Clinton leads Obama by a solid 10 points in Ohio and Texas. However, on Tuesday the 19^th when Obama will be able to chalk up Wisconsin and Hawaii in the win column, making it ten straight victories for the junior Senator from Illinois, the question becomes; will those numbers for Hillary hold during the two long weeks that Obama is able to bask in the glory of a post Super Tuesday ten state sweep.

Even if Clinton’s number’s hold in Texas and Ohio all it will do for her is extend the race by staving off Obama’s momentum, she will not be turning the tide. It is looking more and more like the nomination will come down to the 1/5 of the delegates at the Democratic Convention in Colorado known as the super delegates. If the super delegates have a logical bone in their body they will go with the mandate of the people, which increasingly seems to be Barack Obama. Regardless of the results from this day forward, Obama has secured himself a place on the Democratic ticket or a prominent cabinet position if he would be interested in such a position. To send Obama back to the Senate after the support he has received would be a tragically stupid move on the part of Democrats. A return to the Senate floor for Obama would essentially signify the disenfranchisement of millions of young voters nationwide who have been energized by this campaign.

So what is the strategy the Clinton’s plan to use to stop Obama? Well, they hope to get Obama off of the one man stage and into a debate to discuss issues, the sooner the better for the Clintons. The debates that are currently scheduled in the coming weeks are on Febuary 21^st in Austin, Texas (CNN) and Feburary 26 in Cleveland, Ohio (NBC). It is clear that Obama will continue to attempt to transcend the issues in these debates with his lofty rhetoric, while Clinton’s strategy will likely adhere to her standing in the polls. If she seems to be holding her lead in Ohio and Texas, she may very well play nice, but if it is clear that Obama’s momentum is starting to eat away at her large lead we can expect to see desperate attacks.

Up until this point, this dead heat of a Presidential primary is nothing but good news for the Democratic Party and being able to choose the candidate that will be best (pant)suited to win in the given geopolitical climate is a nice luxury to have as a party.