It’s Official (Again): Clinton Wins Indiana
05 May 2008 10:18 pm by Taylor Marsh
Guest post by Grey
FOX, CNN and MSNBC finally call it.
The Clinton campaign has released a memo on Indiana:
In April, Barack Obama called Indiana a ‘tie-breaker’ for the Democratic nominating process: “You know, Sen. Clinton is more favored in Pennsylvania and I’m right now a little more favored in North Carolina, so Indiana right now may end up being the tiebreaker. So we want to work very hard in Indiana.” […]
The fact that Indiana was an open primary – Republicans and independents can vote in the Democratic contest – also augured well for Senator Obama. He has regularly argued that he should be nominated because he “appeal[s] to Republicans and Independents in a way that none of the other nominees can.”
Throw in the fact that Senator Obama outspent the Clinton campaign by a 2 to 1 margin on Indiana television and Indiana seems to be more of a lean-Obama state than a toss-up.
So Hillary’s victory in Indiana – fought out against the backdrop of an ailing economy – is all the more incredible. We started out behind in both the public and internal polls.
Yet, the night might be best remembered for this exchange between Begala and Brazile and the for very, very unusual way Lake County decided to report the vote. That, I think, will be a big story tomorrow.
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