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Super Tuesday momentum short-lived for Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton had hoped her strong showing on Super Tuesday would halt Barack Obama's momentum -- but that notion was shattered Saturday as Obama scored blowouts in Washington state, Louisiana and Nebraska.

The Clinton camp had tried to downplay the widely anticipated losses as old news -- and her campaign had ceded Louisiana and Nebraska to save their resources for the bigger March...

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