An Election Split: Obama Wins North Carolina – Hillary Wins Indiana?

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It looks like a split decision this evening with Barack Obama handily winning North Carolina and Hillary Clinton squeaking out a victory in Indiana (although Fox News is waiting for results from Lake County before calling the election for her).

So, what does this mean?

Obama has won the “expectation game” tonight.

Barack Obama moves on to close out the race with Hillary Clinton who will require a miracle for a come from behind win.

On to the next primary elections:

• Countdown to West Virginia: 7 days

• Countdown to Kentucky and Oregon: 14 days

In the meantime, there will be increasing calls for Hillary to withdraw from the race and anoint Obama as the Democrat nominee.

Watch to see if there are many Superdelegates who endorse Obama in the next few days.

Update:

Race is tightening in Indiana: Hillary by 4 points only with 72 % reporting. A plurality of a little over 40,000 votes with some pro-Obama counties still to report.

Is this an upset in the making?

Update #2:

Barack Obama has made a startling come back in Indiana:

He trails by 4 points with 79% reporting – less than 35K votes.

Update #3

Hillary is giving her victory speech with a 4 point lead but Gary, Indiana with a high population of African American voters has not reported one vote yet.

This race will tighten more as the night progresses.

AllahPundit already thinks it is over for Hillary and so does Flap – put a fork in her – She’s done.

Update #4

Hillary claims victory: “Tonight we’ve come from behind, we’ve broken the tie, and thanks to you it’s full speed on to the White House”

But, the outcome is still uncertain. Gary, Indiana and Lake County have not reported any votes. Hillary leads by the 40 K range and the outcome could flip. Results from CNN are here.
Stay tuned……..