Clinton, Obama battle behind the scenes

While the vote-counting in Ohio and Texas continues apace, a pair of pitched behind-the-scenes battles are also raging between the Clinton and Ohio camps. One involves superdelegates:

A behind-the-scenes battle broke out late Tuesday over superdelegates who had secretly committed to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), with Clinton campaign officials scrambling to “freeze” them before they announced support for him.

The battle reflects the trench warfare that both campaigns expect if the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination stretches on to the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.

The second battle involves the still-ongoing Texas caucuses:

In an extraordinary Clinton conference call -- in which the campaign alleged irregularities in the Texas caucuses -- the top lawyer for the Obama campaign (Bob Bauer) jumped on the call during the Q&A session to rebut the Clinton camp's charges.

The Clinton campaign alleged (among other things) that Obama supporters were confiscating precinct chairman manuals at the caucuses, as well as locking out Clinton supporters from the precincts.

"What is happening tonight is an outrage," said Clinton Texas state director Ace Smith. "It's really disturbing and it's really undemocratic what is going on."

More here.

Regardless of whether the accusations of irregularities are correct, it sounds like absolute chaos at the caucuses, per CNN's reporting.