Good Morning. Here are the final numbers from yesterday’s primaries… NORTH CAROLINA: Barack Obama, 890,695 votes, 56%; Hillary Clinton, 657,920 votes, 42%. INDIANA: Barack Obama, 623,294 votes, 49%; Hillary Clinton, 641,734 votes, 51%. The popular vote in the two states combined was 1,513,989 for Mr. Obama and 1,299,654 for Mrs. Clinton — a difference of 214,335 in favor of Mr. Obama. I’ll stand by my prediction of last night. Senator Obama clinches the nomination in Oregon on May 20. Meanwhile, the Clinton camp is having financial difficulties (again)… Clinton lends herself $6.4M as Obama’s lead grows WASHINGTON (AP) - A campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton ...

Two points. That’s Hillary Clinton’s margin of victory in Indiana, where pundits, pollsters and press thought the Senator would surely trounce Barack Obama for the Democratic primary. Obama, however, surprised us all by securing a projected 49% of the vote, while soaring ahead in North Carolina, where he took a whopping - and telling - 56% of the vote. Clinton, meanwhile, only grabbed 42% of the Tar Heel State, giving Obama a fourteen point margin of victory. And a considerable delegate boost: at least ninety-four. So, where do the Democratic presidential candidates go from here? Well, the next primaries, ...

I sat up last night watching the primary returns from Indiana and North Carolina. Senator Obama won North Carolina handily with a 16-point spread and Senator Clinton won Indiana narrowly with a 2-point spread.The message was in the medium, as Marshall McLuhan used to point out. I was watching the returns with the volume way down, because Michael had gone to bed, and I'm half deaf, so I absorbed Senator Obama's and Senator Clinton's post-primary speeches more through the visuals than the words actually spoken.Senator Obama, in his speech, appearing confident and energized, looked like a nominee. Senator Clinton, looking ...

Things are progressing pretty much as expected in the Indiana and North Carolina Democratic presidential primaries this evening. There are 72 pledged delegates at stake in Indiana and 115 in North Carolina. The networks have already called North Carolina for Barack Obama. With 4% of the precincts reporting, he is leading Hillary Clinton 64% to 34%. No winner has yet been projected in Indiana. 37% of the precincts have reported. Mrs. Clinton is currently leading with 56% to Mr. Obama’s 44%. Thus far, the voting pattern seems to be following what we have seen in most of the rest of the nation. ...

What identity could Barack Obama choose that would be both sincere and successful? Not long ago, people were asking if Mr. Obama was “Black enough.” Somehow maybe even Bill Clinton was more Black than Senator Obama. Once Senator Obama established his color, he then had to figure out how to present himself as a candidate who is also a Black man in a nation with a rough racial history. He’s not a self-styled centrist like former U.S. Representative Harold Ford of Tennessee. He’s not a careerist in a safe district like Representative Charles Rangel of New York. He’s not an old-style activist like Jesse Jackson.      So who and what will ...

Remember the gas wars? For you young-uns, that was when competing gas stations would lower their prices to entice you to purchase their gasoline rather than their competitor’s. Ah, the good old days. It seems was have a gas war of sorts going on in Indiana and North Carolina tonight. Those two states hold their presidential primaries tomorrow and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are arguing over Mrs. Clinton’s (and John McCain’s) silly plan to suspend the federal gasoline tax for three months. (It will never happen, and wouldn’t really help anyone if it did, but it makes for good ...

“Highly entertaining.” - Newsweek “Five minutes of your life you will never get back.” - Dallas Morning News I totally made those up. The Friday Night Cartoons are in the post prior to this. Update (for real - I did not make this up): “If Senator Obama is the nominee, you better believe I’ll work my heart out for him.” — Hillary Clinton, May 2, 2008. ShareThis ...

Anyone with an ounce of common sense could tell you that the McCain/Clinton federal gas tax holiday is a bunch of hooey. It’s a shame that Senator Obama had to waste his time and his resources explaining that fact… Besides, didn’t Mr. Bush just send you a check to cover this week’s gasoline purchase? ShareThis ...

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In the post prior to this, I stated that I would not mention Jeremiah Wright again. I was mistaken. I will now categorically state that I will not mention Jeremiah Wright after this post. As far as I and this blog are concerned, Senator Obama has laid the matter to rest… Obama strongly denounces former pastor WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama strongly denounced his former pastor on Tuesday, saying he was outraged by assertions made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright about the U.S. government and race that have disrupted Obama’s presidential campaign. The controversy over Wright has been a ...

I've got a different take on the focus that is being placed on the statement's of Jeremiah Wright and their relationship to the candidacy of Barack Obama. I agree that he isn't doing Senator Obama any favors by appearing at numerous events...especially since many Americans seemed willing to accept his explanations and observations on the issue of race following the first release of excerpts from Pastor Wright's sermons. However, realizing the detrimental effect of Pastor Wright's continued presence in the spotlight ignores an essential and salient question...one that asks why Wright's ongoing remarks and the associated media ...