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9:55 AM ET, May 7, 2008

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Alec MacGillis / The Trail:
Gary Mayor Predicts Possible Indiana Shocker  —  As the fate of a nailbiter Indiana primary — and possibly the course of the Democratic race — hung on his city, Gary Mayor Rudy Clay said just now that it might take a while yet to finish counting the vote in Lake County, which includes Gary …
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New York Times:
It's About the White House  —  Like many Americans, we have been intrigued and often exasperated by the long-running Democratic primary and the ever smaller-bore spats between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.  So we are thankful to Senator John McCain for reminding us Tuesday …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Althouse
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
For Clinton, Options Seem to Dwindle  —  In this case, a split was not a draw.  —  Despite narrowly winning Indiana, while losing North Carolina, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton did not fundamentally improve her chances of securing the Democratic presidential nomination.
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
What happened in Ind. and N.C.  —  The contests in Indiana and North Carolina continued long demographic trends that are proving to be destiny in the 2008 Democratic primaries.  —  According to exit polls, a third of North Carolina voters were black — and with the support of more than nine …
Discussion: Macsmind and Betsy's Page
Marc Ambinder:
First Glance At The Exits: Democratic Party Cracking Up?  —  Here's what jumps out at me from the first wave of exit polls that have been released to the Edison-Mitsofky consortium:  —  Forget the horse race numbers for a moment: if the surveys are accurate, the polarization within the Democratic Party has reached critical levels.
Washington Post:
Clinton Aides Doubtful About Future
Discussion: New York Times and BuzzFlash.org
Steve Kornacki / New York Observer:   The End of the Clinton Strategy
CBS News:
Clinton, Obama In Battle For Indiana, N.C.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Russert: Clinton cancels morning show appearances  —  Tim Russert, a colleague reports, just said that Hillary Clinton canceled her scheduled appearances on the morning shows tomorrow.  —  It's a sign of weakness she can ill afford at a moment when questions about whether she can continue are mounting.
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Todd Beeton / MyDD:
The Tie Has Been Broken  —  Yep, I'm still up.  Sorry it's taken me so long to weigh in with a sort of post-mortem on tonight, this has taken me longer to compose than I had expected and I now realize I should have put an overnight thread up.  I look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts - Todd
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HMMM  —  NBC just reported that Hillary Clinton is holding no public events tomorrow.  We'd earlier reported that she'd cancelled her morning show appearances.  But that's not that surprising.  There's not a lot good to talk about.  But canceling all public appearances, if that's what they're saying, is a different story.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Reportedly Will Hold No Public Events Tomorrow
Discussion: GINA COBB
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
GOP leaders warn of election disaster  —  Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party's message isn't good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC's money.  —  The double shot of bad news had one veteran Republican …
Deacon / Power Line:
“THE BIGGEST FAIRY TALE EVER” IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE  —  Hillary Clinton held on to win the Indiana primary by a bit more than 20,000 votes, and two percentage points.  Losing a neighboring state isn't usually a path to nomination, but in these circumstances it may well be enough effectively to end the hopes of his rival.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
A Phony ‘War on Science’  —  There are few things in American politics more irrationally ideological, more fanatically faith-based, than the accusation that Republicans are conducting a “war on science.”  —  According to Hillary Clinton, the Bush administration has declared “open season on open inquiry.”
Discussion: Too Sense
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE....Michael Gerson today:
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Washington Wire:
Obama Shifts to General-Election Mode  —  Nick Timiraos reports from Chicago on the presidential race.  —  The Obama campaign appears poised to begin running its general election campaign after Tuesday night's primaries seemed unlikely to change the math or the momentum in the Democratic nomination.
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Exit Polls: Limbaugh Effect Seems To Rear Its Head
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Hillary and Bill Clinton in defeat and victory: When pictures tell the story  —  Just look at his face!  —  Doesn't William Jefferson Clinton look absolutely delighted with his wife's Democratic presidential primary victory in Indiana?  —  Sure the Clinton campaign (Hillary's) had hoped to do much better in North Carolina.
Discussion: Power Line
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Preview  —  If you want to know what Hillary's strategist, Harold Ickes, might whisper in the ears of superdelegates if she decides to stay in and fight, here is a good taste.  Nothing quite beats Paul Begala lecturing Donna Brazile that Democrats can't win with a coalition of “eggheads and African Americans.”
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Page
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Brazile vs. Begala on CNN: Brazile's Blowout
Discussion: Corrente
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Clinton pushes new math  —  The campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) has begun urging party officials and news organizations to include the disputed Florida and Michigan delegations when figuring the number of delegates needed to win the nomination.  —  That unorthodox approach could put …
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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Team Hillary warns of Obama “October surprise”
David Neiwert / Firedoglake:
Primary Late Night: Did We Hear Hillary Concede Tonight?  —  Indiana (88% reporting):  —  North Carolina (97% reporting):  —  I know, I know.  Hillary's victory speech in Indiana tonight was not a concession speech.  She vowed to keep fighting on.  Florida and Michigan and all that.
Discussion: The Agonist and Needlenose
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Washington Post:
Obama Delivers Victory Speech in North Carolina  —  SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-ILL.): Thank you, North Carolina.  —  Thank you so much.  Thank you very much.  —  AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you!  —  OBAMA: I love you back.  I truly do.  —  (APPLAUSE)  —  I want to thank Kim Winns (ph) …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Black Voters Did It  —  Here's what now seems obvious: African-American voters killed the Clinton candidacy.  It is a fitting end to the Clintons' campaign and an almost Shakespearean coda to their career.  The Clintons were exposed in their long-running exploitation and reliance on minority votes.
Krooney / The Page:
BUNCHES OF SUPERS  —  George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America”: “More superdelegates will come out today for Barack Obama -they will come three, four, five at a time, and this nomination will be locked up.”
Discussion: TPM Election Central
 
 
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
No surrender  —  Damping down speculation that she'll leave the race …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
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