Clinton Campaign Writes Off Today's Primaries

Without verbally conceding today's Democratic primaries to Barack Obama, top aides within the Clinton campaign have all but written off Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia as losses.

In addition, Obama is picking up steam to win the rest of the contests scheduled for February, including Hawaii and Wisconsin.

Clinton advisors privately admit that the candidate could go limping into the month of March after losing 9 primaries in a row. The Clinton staffers fear that with such mounting losses the election may be slipping away and that Obama would have the momentum going into the big March 4 contests, which include Texas and Ohio.

One of the Democratic superdelegates put it bluntly, 'She has to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she's out.'

This is the first time since the campaign began that Clinton insiders have spoken seriously about the possibility that the candidate may be forced to withdraw from the race.

The report on the state of the Clinton campaign and the losses looming on the horizon during the remainder of February can be found in today's New York Times, according to Matt Drudge.