The Times is calling tonight’s results, which likely will result in a massive win for Barack Obama in North Carolina and a narrow win — if it holds — in Indiana for Hillary Clinton.
This seems an overstatement of Clinton’s night, given that before Pennsylvania, before the Rev. Wright and ‘bittergate” and all that, the pundits were predicting a big win for Obama in N.C. and a narrow win in Indiana for Clinton. Call it a draw, but Obama picks up the numbers — both in terms of delegates and popular vote — as well as winning the big state.
The thing I find striking is that the results in Pennsylvania, Indiana and North Carolina are exactly the results every predicted after Super Tuesday — no changes, no alteration, only a constant editing of the campaign narrative by the press and the candidates.
It is not over, but it does appear that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee and will face John McCain in the fall.
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Hank Kalet 