THE INDEPENDENT: Barack Obama scored a resounding victory in North Carolina last night but very narrowly lost the state of Indiana to Hillary Clinton after a cliff-hanger night of counting votes. She finally squeaked by a bare two percentage points or about 22,000 votes.
The split outcome will mean that the struggle of the Democratic nomination is not over yet. It will give cause for relief and for frustration in each of the camps - as well as grief for the party’s hierarchy which frets that the longer the slug-fest between them continues the better it is for the Republicans.
Clearly, however, the night was better for Mr Obama. He desperately needed to capture a big state – and decisively – after weeks of campaign stumbles. And because North Carolina, which he took by a healthy 56-42 percentage point margin, offered more convention delegates than Indiana, it will reinforce his critical delegate lead and make the mathematics for Mrs Clinton more prohibitive than ever. Gripping Night Gives New Advantage to Obama >>> By David Usborne in Indianapolis | May 7, 2008
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