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Posted
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:09 PM
| By
Christopher Beam
Obama comes up big in North Carolina, and Clinton ekes out a win (as
of 11 p.m.) in Indiana, the combination of which all but ends Clinton's
shot at the nomination. Her chances drop 8.4 points to 4.2 percent.
For
the past few weeks, Hillary Clinton's candidacy has rested on two
possibilities: 1) Winning the popular vote and 2) convincing
superdelegates that Obama cannot win certain types of voters. (The
delegate count is out of reach; she would need at least 70 percent of
the remaining delegates to surpass Obama.) Today, Obama exploded both
arguments.
Read more at the Hillary Deathwatch.
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