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If Hillary Clinton does what polls suggest she might and easily wins today's Pennsylvania primary, she'll be like the cat with multiple lives.

Three times in this campaign, Barack Obama seemed like Mr. Momentum. By winning in New Hampshire, in California, or in Ohio, he might have pushed Clinton out of the race. And three times, the voters pulled back, and Obama failed to win.

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Tonight, the 39th and 40th states to hold Democratic primary contests — Ohio and Texas — could finally end a historic battle for the party's nomination.

With Barack Obama leading by more than 100 delegates, Hillary Clinton's challenge is clear.

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The way Ohio votes in this primary could show which candidate continues on the road to the White House. In fact, no candidate has won a general election without the Buckeye state for the past 50 years.

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Over at our sister blog, Primary Source, Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian writes:

After a great deal of hand wringing and political wind-testing a powerful Congressional committee has fired the equivalent of a knockdown pitch at a pitcher who made a living intimidating others. It’s almost insignificant that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Roger Clemens committed perjury during a sworn deposition and testimony before Congress this month.

Odds are the case was headed in that direction anyway.

As anyone with even a remote interest in sport knows, Clemens has repeatedly – and defiantly – claimed that he never used performance-enhancing drugs during his 24-year career. Not once. Ever. Never.

All of which stands in stark contrast to sworn testimony by former personal trainer Brian McNamee, who says he injected Clemens with anabolic steroids and human growth hormone at least 16 times between 1998 and 2001; and statements and affidavits provided by ex-Yankee teammate Andy Pettitte who says Clemens admitted using HGH in 1999 or 2000. In something out of the Theatre of the Absurd we also have issues involving testimony from a former nanny, pictures taken at Jose Canseco’s house; and, we kid you not, discussions involving breast augmentation (wives, not ballplayers).

Read more, including what one high-ranking Justice Department official said about wasting your tax money going after Clemens, over at Primary Source.

In this election cycle, we are hearing a lot about race and gender. But the Florida primary is focused on something else: age.

Voters aged 60 or older for a huge bloc in the Sunshine State, and at least superficially, the oldest Repuplican seems at an advantage there. For more from my Notebook, just click on the monitor.

Jeff Greenfield is senior political correspondent for CBS News.

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April in Paris? Everyone's romantic dream. Autumn in New York? The best time of all in the Big Apple. Christmas in Killarney? Yes, 'tis grand to be Irish at holiday time.

Now how about … New Year's in Des Moines?

No, it's not a well-known song, it's where the Republican presidential candidates — and the army of operatives, organizers, and media types — will be spending their holiday season now that the Iowa Republican Party has decided to shift its first in the nation caucus date from January 14 to January 3. So, with the New Year's hangover still banging in our heads, and with the college football marathon only starting to wind down, Iowa Republicans will be gathering in school cafeterias, libraries, living rooms, and gyms to start the process of picking the next president.

Why? Because Michigan, long frustrated at politicking in the shadow of Iowa and New Hampshire, effectively decided "to hell with the national party rules" and moved its primary all the way from February 26 to January 15 — a day after the scheduled Iowa caucuses. Since Iowa has a law requiring its caucuses to be at least a week earlier than anyone else's process, which forced a change … sort of.

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Our colleague Gloria Borger is watching a cliffhanger primary election up in Rhode Island. Tomorrow, there could be big news in the smallest state. Here's her preview. Ed.

It’s a gorgeous day here in the Ocean State, and the buzz in the air is that no one yet has any idea who will win this Republican primary. Senator Lincoln Chafee, the most liberal Republican in the Senate, is being challenged by Steve Laffey — a conservative. But get this: the White House, and the entire GOP party establishment, is supporting Chafee. Not because they really like his politics, but because they think he’s the guy who can win in this largely Democratic state. In fact, if Chafee loses here today, the national Republicans say they’ll throw in the towel, handing a seat that has been occupied by the GOP for the past 30 years to the Democrats.

But they’re not giving up easily. At Chafee headquarters today, teams of door-knockers, drivers and assorted other Chafee supporters set out to do what the GOP does best — get out the vote. This primary will hinge on whom gets his voters to the polls because it’s kind of quirky in Rhode Island: independents are allowed to vote in the GOP primary. And since Republican officials know that Chafee is waaaayyyy to liberal for most Republicans, they’re working to get out the independents to vote for their man.

None of this sits well with the GOP challenger, Steve Laffey. In fact, when we caught up with him this morning as he had an iced-tea, his anger towards the Washington GOP establishment was not exactly hidden. He called the ads that Chafee and the GOP party are running against him “vicious, vicious,” and then told the national GOP to “leave the state, go back to Washington, just stay there until November 7” if he wins.

Right now, what will happen is anyone’s guess. We’ll be following the story as it happens for CBS. This is a real cliffhanger and I’ll be following it here in Rhode Island with my colleagues, producers Steve Chaggaris and Ward Sloane.

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