NPR's Ron Elving is reporting that the delegate breakdown from Texas' caucuses will favor Obama 37 to 30. That means the total delegate haul from Texas will be as follows:

Obama: 98
Clinton: 95

So, does this mean Obama is the real "winner" in Texas? Since this contest is only about delegates one would have to say yes (assuming NPR's report is correct).

But unfortunately for Barack it's too late to take back all the screaming headlines and breathless media reporting about Hillary's "big" wins in Texas and Ohio. Just imagine how different the media's narrative of the race would have been over the past week if we had known the final Texas results on Tuesday night. Instead of all the hype about Hillary's resurgence the discussion would have been how Obama successfully blunted her strongest assault in one of the two states that she herself had handpicked.

Ultimately, the idea that either one of the candidates "won" Texas or Ohio is itself a canard promoted by the media who dearly love to dramatically "declare" the winner during their television broadcasts on the night of the contests. In reality, no one really wins a state at all in the Democratic nominating process. This isn't the electoral college and it's not the winner-take-all system that the Republicans employ. The only thing either candidate truly won on Tuesday night was delegates. And at the end of the day this was the net result.

Clinton gains:
Ohio: +9
Rhode Island: +4

Obama gains:
Texas: +3
Vermont: +3

Which gives Hillary a grand total net gain of 7 delegates.

That's right: 7 delegates.

All of this hype and consternation and saturation coverage by the media for a net gain of 7 delegates.

And if Obama wins Wyoming and Mississippi as expected next week he could easily erase those 7 and come out with a net gain for the month of March. But don't expect the media to take too much notice of that. They have too great a vested interest in seeing the race continue as long as possible so they will continue to pump up Hillary's remote and ever-dwindling chances to win the nomination. I said weeks ago that Hillary needed blowout wins in Texas and Ohio to change the nature of the race and begin the process of climbing back to parity in the delegate race. She failed to do that, but the media is acting like she did so that in itself is a victory of sorts. Unfortunately for her, the delegate math still looks very tough.

Update: An ARG poll has Obama with a huge lead in Mississippi:

Obama: 58%
Clinton: 34%

Mississippi is hugely important for Hillary. I fully expect her to go all out and attempt to shrink Obama's margin.