Sorry for the light blogging today - the campaigns are already trading barbs in advance of the next contests. Here's my story on how they each see the path to the nomination shaping up.

As I digest the spin and await the latest delegate counts from the results of yesterday's elections, I have an analysis piece in today's paper based on interviews with superdelegates:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's relentless attacks on Sen. Barack Obama exposed his weaknesses and helped her regain support among her core voters in last night's contests, but did not deliver the decisive margins that several Democratic superdelegates said they were looking for to keep her candidacy alive.

As the new front-runner leading up to the critical elections, Mr. Obama endured a week of his first real rough-and-tumble politics coming from the left and the right. Mrs. Clinton shone new scrutiny on his record and foreign-policy credentials while he absorbed attacks from Republican nominee Sen. John McCain and President Bush.

And though Mrs. Clinton promised her quest would continue, Mr. Obama seemed to be holding strong with the most critical constituency, party superdelegates — state and local party officials and congressional Democrats — who likely will be tasked with settling the drama of the Democratic race.

Washington Times interviews with superdelegates who were closely following last night's election returns revealed many had thought she would have to win both Ohio and Texas by whopping margins to keep or earn their support. Her Texas margin was razor-thin at 1 a.m., and although her campaign will claim surging momentum, once caucus results are tallied, it is unlikely she will have won more Lone Star state delegates than her rival.

Rhett Ruggerio, a superdelegate from Delaware who backs Mrs. Clinton, said the results from Texas and Ohio "dictate the future for her."

"It's crucial for the Hillary Clinton camp to show a significant win," he said.

He said he will closely watch the margins of loss or victory and ultimately will "do the thing that's best for the party."

"I don't think anybody wants to see a brokered convention," he said. "She needs significant wins in order to stay viable in the party, and I don't think that's a secret."

Read the rest here.

Also, Clinton is already out with a new fundraising pitch - $3 million in 24 hours.

She tells supporters she won Texas and Ohio "Against all the odds, facing an opponent with more momentum and twice as many ads on the air, you kept working, giving, and believing. And that hard work is going to put us in the White House."

"We put everything on the line for these wins, and now it's time to put our hard-earned momentum to work. Without skipping a beat, we need to match the Obama campaign's effort in Pennsylvania — our next big contest — and that means I am relying on you again. We need $3 million in the next 24 hours to ramp up our efforts immediately," she wrote.

"The speed and energy with which we take advantage of our regained momentum is up to you," she wrote.

— Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times