Obama All But Clinches Nomination with " Solid Rout" in Big State Win in North Carolina; Smaller Indiana Results Not In

Time for Hillary to withdraw?--long past time! even if she wins small state Indiana--it's time for her to face the arithmetic.


Obama Solidly Routs Clinton in N.C.:

Obama Solidly Routs Clinton in N.C.
Democratic Senators Battle for Potentially Decisive Victory in Indiana

By JENNIFER PARKER
May 6, 2008 —

As expected, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has solidly won the North Carolina primary, ABC News projects, while he and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, remain locked in a tight race in Indiana.

Nearly unanimous support among African-Americans, who accounted for a third of voters in North Carolina, lifted Obama to easy victory, according to preliminary exit poll results.

About 91 percent of African American voters in N.C. supported Obama. The Illinois senator also benefited from a surge of new voters; 18 percent in North Carolina said it was their first time voting in a primary, and they favored him by a vast 68-26 percent.

Meanwhile, it's too early to call the race in Indiana. The Hoosier State is seen as Clinton's best chance for victory, with demographics similar to Ohio and Pennsylvania -- states she has won in the past -- but Obama remains competitive in Indiana, a state that borders his homestate of Illinois.