Archive for May, 2008
Indiana and North Carolina primaries today
Blog: May 6th, 2008Despite the numbness we’re all feeling from this belabored, protracted contest the end is in sight. Today, North Carolina and Indiana voters head to the polls and may put an end to the Democratic race. There are still primaries to come but they are in states which are heavily favored for either Clinton or Obama [...]
Indiana, North Carolina results
Blog: May 6th, 20081:10am ET: Networks call Indiana for Clinton 51% to 49%. It looks like she won by about 22,000 votes. 12:00am ET: This has been a crazy night. CBS called Indiana for Clinton at about 8:30pm ET. None of the other networks joined in.At the time, Clinton had about a 9-point lead. Since thn, the race [...]
State of the race
Blog: May 7th, 2008I honestly didn’t expect such an apparent shift in the race. Obama’s solid win in North Carolina and Clinton’s squeaker in Indiana has completely changed the media’s narrative of the race. It’s now over and Obama is the presumptive nominee. I expected a split-decision to just keep the race going but after last night… Clinton [...]
