I was wrong. Very wrong. Obama won by 14 points or so in North Carolina, and looks like he might tie or win in Indiana, too.
Even Hillary's most enthusiastic supporters are beginning to see the writing on the wall...
<><>DEMOCRATS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
THE FIELD
Clinton's Lead Narrows in Indiana, While Obama Celebrates N.C. Win
By Susan Davis
Wall Street Journal
May 6, 2008
Barack Obama triumphed in North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, and did better than expected against the favored Hillary Clinton in Indiana, which was too close to call late Tuesday evening. Final results weren't expected until after midnight ET…
Primary Exit Polls Show Clinton Gain From Pastor Fallout
By Laura Meckler and T.W. Farnam
Wall Street Journal
May 7, 2008
The controversy surrounding the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. took its toll on his longtime parishioner Barack Obama…
Obama Wins North Carolina Decisively
By Jeff Zeleny
New York Times
May 7, 2008
Barack Obama won a commanding victory in the North Carolina primary and is running closely behind Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana…
By Adam Nagourney
New York Times
May 7, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton lost an opportunity to sow new doubts among Democratic leaders about Barack Obama’s general-election appeal…
North Carolina supporters cheer Barack Obama's victory
By Mark Z. Barabak and Stuart Silverstein
Los Angeles Times
May 7, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS — Barack Obama won the North Carolina Democratic primary, ending a big-state losing streak going back more than a month. In Indiana, Hillary Rodham Clinton is leading narrowly, but most news organizations have not projected a winner…
Split decisions point up November challenges for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
By Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
May 6, 2008
Results from today's Democratic presidential primaries in North Carolina and Indiana highlight key challenges that either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton would face in a November race against Republican John McCain…
Indiana vote tightens; Obama wins North Carolina
USA Today
May 7, 2008
Indiana's key Democratic presidential primary has yet to be decided, as the gap between Hillary Rodham Clinton Barack Obama continues to shrink, hours after Obama won a comfortable victory in Norht Carolina…
CLINTON
OBAMA
N.C. first-timers, blacks assist Obama
By Fredreka Schouten
USA Today
May 7
DURHAM, N.C. — Emma Sell-Goodhand and Gerrie Freeman voted on opposite ends of town in the Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, but they were in agreement on at least one thing: They are eager to see Barack Obama become their party's nominee…
<><>REPUBLICANS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
McCAIN
McCain Vows to Push Federal Judiciary to the Right
Conservatives Laud Pledge to Continue Bush's Approach
By Jess Bravin and Elizabeth Holmes
Wall Street Journal
May 7, 2008
John McCain pledged to continue President Bush's drive to push the federal judiciary to the right, criticizing some Supreme Court precedents and accusing federal judges of "common and systematic abuse" of their powers…
For the Republicans, It’s McCain (and Others)
By Michael Cooper
New York Times
May 7, 2008
Incomplete returns showed that more than 20 percent of those who voted in the Republican primary in Indiana voted for someone other than Senator John McCain, the party’s presumptive nominee…
McCain Assures Conservatives of His Stance on Judges
By Elisabeth Bumiller
New York Times
May 7, 2009
Senator John McCain vowed to appoint only judges he called strictly faithful to the Constitution, an issue of enormous importance to conservatives…
McCain courts blue-collar Democrats
His lead strategist says if McCain were to get 20 percent of these voters he will win.
By Ariel Sabar
Christian Science Monitor
May 7, 2008
WASHINGTON - With the other party still waist-deep in its presidential nomination fight, John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, has been quietly courting the white working-class Democrats who have proved elusive for Barack Obama, his most likely rival in the fall…
<><> PRIMARY CONTESTS<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<><>RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE<><><><><><><><><><><>
Votes on Election Commission Nominees Likely as Republicans Relent
By Mary Jacoby
Wall Street Journal
May 7, 2008
WASHINGTON -- A partisan standoff in the Senate that has kept the Federal Election Commission hobbled during a year of record-breaking political fund-raising might be nearing an end…
Amid Partisan Standoff, Bush Submits 3 Nominees to Election Commission
By Michael Luo
New York Times
May 7, 2008
The president’s move could help end a political impasse that had left the agency that monitors compliance of federal election laws paralyzed in the midst of a heated presidential campaign…
Gingrich Warns G.O.P. Swift Change Is Needed
By Carl Hulse
New York Times
May 7, 2008
In what was titled “My Plea to Republicans,” Newt Gingrich called on them to force the leadership into devising a new approach to the coming elections…
<><>WAR/TERROR<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<><>CONGRESS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<><>OTHER NEWS<><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Paulson Sees Credit Crisis Waning
Treasury Secretary Calls Fed's Moves 'Inflection Point'
By Michael M. Phillips and Damian Paletta
Wall Street Journal
May 7, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said U.S. financial markets are emerging from the credit crunch and that "the worst is likely to be behind us," marking possibly the most optimistic comments yet from the Bush administration on the financial crisis…
Former Candidate Will Assist Boxer In Bid for Mayor
By T.W. Farnam
Wall Street Journal
May 7, 2008
After failing in his bid to get elected president of the U.S., Rudy Giuliani is now trying to get his newest client, a heavyweight boxing champion, elected mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine…
Is the U.S. doing enough to alleviate the world food crisis?
By Peter Grier
Christian Science Monitor
May 7, 2008
Washington - The Bush administration is pushing for an increase in US food aid and more flexibility in aid delivery at a time when natural disasters and soaring prices are threatening to spread hunger among some of the poorest in the world…
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