Ohio and Texas loomed large Tuesday for Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, with excrutiatingly close primaries in both states determining the final chapter of a mesmerizing presidential contest.
After 11 straight losses to Obama, Clinton mustered a win in tiny Rhode Island while Vermont delivered an overwhelming victory to Obama. But it was contests in the southwest and in the heartland that would set the direction for the campaign to come.
A primary season notable for its prediction-defying twists and turns lurched into new territory yet again, with Ohio and Texas testing Obama's momentum and organizational muscle against Clinton's gamble that …
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