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Okay, so Obama didn’t pull off an upset in Indiana. But the race ends where it began two weeks ago, making it that much harder for Clinton to argue Obama withers under scrutiny. Some interesting things in the numbers: Obama won the suburbs of Indianapolis. I was there last week and the area seemed to be trending to Clinton, on the experience issue. The areas a bit like Silicon Valley, where Clinton won. But I’m wondering if the “us vs. them” argument Clinton was making on the gas tax holiday issue, and her eschewing of economists, caused a mini-backlash in those affluent (might I say elite?) areas. Also interesting (and possible evidence for a backlash) in the IN results: Obama won, narrowly on the who’s most like me question in IN, and won handily on the who’s more trustworthy question.
It’s almost over. 93.3 percent of delegates are pledged. This am, on The Takeaway, the Clinton campaign’s Howard Wolfson almost seemed to sigh as he acknowledged the steep hill ahead of them. More later — tune into Brian and I (or download the podcast) as we discuss more at 10:00 am.
Hey all, I AM signing off now, since you’ll be hearing from me on the Takeaway tomorrow. Clinton just finished up her speech, where she vowed to go “full-speed ahead to the White House.” Her speech echoed Obama’s in many ways, talking about her roots, assuring that the Democratic party WOULD come together (and that she would support Obama, should he be the nominee), and even noting the race wasn’t about her, it was about the voters. She vowed to “fight on” in Kentucky and West Virginia (did she mention Oregon? — if she did I didn’t hear it). There’s nothing to be lost by declaring victory, but one thing is clear, despite the gas-tax holiday, despite Reverend Wright, the margins in this race tracked the polls from two weeks ago — right after the PA primary. The final polls had Obama doing worse in both states — losing significantly in IN, winning by single digits in NC. But, in contradistinction to pretty much all the other primaries, he beat the late polls. Will he use this to argue he can withstand what the Republicans have to throw on him? Bet on it.
You can stay tuned to WNYC AM, where we’ll be airing the BBC through the night for the latest results.
See you in the morning, and on the airwaves…
Wow, interesting evening. As of 10:12 pm, Clinton is ahead by about 30,000 votes in IN, and the Gary numbers haven’t come in. I was in Gary last week, and it’s almost entirely African American. Indianapolis went for Obama, but Gary will be more so. There are 84,000 people in Gary, enough to really tighten this thing.
One interesting thing, in Gary, the Obama voters said they’d still vote for Clinton. But in southern Indiana the white working class voters were far less willing to consider Obama.
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