More Election Updates

10:19 PM: Joe again. CNN's John King just said it is mathematically possible for Obama to win Indiana. We won't hear from Lake County, which includes Gary, until close to midnight. There are over 11,000 absentee ballots and the county won't report final numbers til all the absentees are counted.

10:07 PM: This is Joe. I'm watching CNN and for some reason, they have the most painful, despicable and obnoxious of all the Clinton surrogates on tonight: Lanny Davis. Seriously, CNN, we deserve better.

9:45 PM: Russert and company are making it clear that Hillary lost the spin war tonight. She needed to win Indiana right away. Instead, Obama won North Carolina right away and Indiana is now too close to call. Holy shit, Russert just said that Hillary has to show the superdelegates TOMORROW that she's not just trying to hurt Obama, but rather she can show a path for how she gets the nomination. The burden has shifted back to Senator Clinton that they should be patient, that she has a realistic path to the nomination.

9:25 PM: From CNN, with 71% reporting, Clinton leads 52% - 48%.

9:13 PM MSNBC: Indiana has changed from "too early to call" to "too close to call."

58% of Republicans who turned out to vote today in the Dem primary in NC think Obama is more likely than Hillary to beat McCain. Only 37% think Hillary is more likely to beat McCain.

NBC's David Gregory: "This is shaping up to be, at this juncture, a big night for Barack Obama."

Rachel Maddow: Obama isn't doing any worse in his various demographics even after all the Rev. Wright stuff (my paraphrase).