It's Over.

Hillary may have squeaked out a win in Indiana, but 2% wasn't enough, especially with a 14% loss in NC.

But don't take my word for it, listen to the Big Giant Head.
RedSkysays...

If anything, her 20% lead in Pennsylvania being dwindled down to 9% by Obama was a more significant failing, but the media and her campaign spun it as a victory by playing on the general public's short-sightedness.

Whereas here, where she after all did scrape a marginal win in Indiana and lost predictably in North Carolina, at least she managed to make a gain, but the media predictably reports it negatively. It just goes to show that she's just running on puff, and the notion that she can come back when the impracticality of this was decided long ago. I think Pelosi was correct in saying that if the super delegates turned against popular opinion it would be a disaster, especially now that cross-polling suggests McCain is running even or above both Democratic candidates in one-on-one-polls.

The longer this campaign runs on, the larger this margin becomes, the more flack builds up on the eventual Democratic nominee, and the less likely Obama becomes politically capable in taking Hilary as a VP especially now that Democratic voters have become so polarised, all implying the increasingly likely scenario that there'll be more of the same for another 4 years in the US ...

8891says...

It's interesting when you watch the graphics at the bottom of the screen.

When they show the Indiana results Clinton has beaten Obama 51% to 49%.

Then when they show the North Carolina results where Obama beats Clinton, a golden check mark lands next to Obama's name, and Clinton's name washes out in dark blue.

No subliminal messages here. Move along.

NetRunnersays...

>> ^thatguyjames:
It's interesting when you watch the graphics at the bottom of the screen.
When they show the Indiana results Clinton has beaten Obama 51% to 49%.
Then when they show the North Carolina results where Obama beats Clinton, a golden check mark lands next to Obama's name, and Clinton's name washes out in dark blue.
No subliminal messages here. Move along.


That's because at the time they had not yet called Indiana, while North Carolina had been called the second polls closed (and at the time, Obama was up 14% with 99% reporting, an obvious win).

If you're looking for subliminal messages in the crawl, keep in mind that there's nothing subliminal or subtle about what the talking head is saying in the upper portion of the screen.

Also, given the status of the results, it's fair that they're giving subliminal cues that Obama won North Carolina, and Indiana was still up in the air.

bamdrewsays...

>> ^thatguyjames:
Then when they show the North Carolina results where Obama beats Clinton, a golden check mark lands next to Obama's name, and Clinton's name washes out in dark blue.
No subliminal messages here. Move along.


The check-mark means the results were final. You'll notice the crawl says a large county in Indiana in which Obama was expected to do well had not reported many votes, so nobody was putting a gold check-mark to the 51% to 49% win for Hillary until they were sure Gary, Indiana wasn't going to tie it up for Sen. Obama.

If you're a Hillary supporter you're projecting your bias; if not, well, try to take in all the info before berating a news network for doing their job.

8772says...

I live in Indiana and I was surprised she won. Obama's people campaigned like crazy, i got several phone calls every day for a week and supports coming to my door. I got one phone call about Hillary, after the voting was closed, asking me if I had voted for her

doremifasays...

After following the news for some time I have come to this conclusion:

Fox News = anti-Obama
CNN = Pro-Democrat
MSN = Pro-Obama (except morning Joe Scarbourogh show)

I admire NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) and CSPAN.

NetRunnersays...

>> ^doremifa:
After following the news for some time I have come to this conclusion:
Fox News = anti-Obama
CNN = Pro-Democrat
MSN = Pro-Obama (except morning Joe Scarbourogh show)
I admire NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) and CSPAN.


Really, CNN is Pro-Democrat? I don't watch a lot of CNN, but I generally think of them as Fox-lite these days.

MSNBC is all over the map in my opinion. Olbermann is strongly pro-Obama, but the rest of the network is pretty neutral. Except all the Republican analysts are uniformly pro-Clinton, though I find that's consistent right now across all media everywhere.

PBS is wonderful. It reminds me what real TV journalism looks like. They try their best to provide an even-handed report of the facts, sans spin.

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