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Sen. Hillary Clinton camp had as–expected–nothing but good to say about her performance in Indiana yesterday.  Quotes from her campaign included ”A win is a win,” and “We shocked the world.”

Meanwhile Tim Russert told us,”We now know who the Democratic nominee is going to be, and no one is going to dispute it.” He wasn’t talking about Sen. Clinton.

The Los Angeles Times, Andrew Malcolm mentions Sen. Clinton may still have a shot at the White House–as Obama’s Vice President, of course.

Here is the popular vote tally, per MSNBC’s First Read.

“After last night, Obama now leads Clinton by more than 700,000[popular votes] (16,050,924 vs. 15,336,896). When you include Florida, Obama leads by 419,256, and when you include both Florida and Michigan (and don’t give Obama “uncommitted”), his lead is 90,947. “

Obama therefore leads in pledged delegates, 1,588 to 1,422. He gained 15 net delegates from North Carolina, erasing the 12 Clinton gained in Pennsylvania. Sen Clinton still leads in super delegates, 273.5 to 256, but according to NPR, that margin stood at nearly 100 in early February and  is now down to 15.

The numbers don’t even take into account Clinton’s other impediments:

• The conversation has and will continue to change. Cable news will has moved from ”Obama’s Fall,” to ”Hillary Can’t Win.”  
• 90 percent of African Americans voted Democrat in the 2000 election. According to The Institute for Southern Studies African-American voters have registered in record numbers in North Carolina — 45,000 in the first three months of 2008, compared with just over 11,000 in the same period four years ago.                                                       
• With the potential for that kind of  in participation, the DNC will have to come up with some pretty good reasons to a)pick Clinton…and b)avoid mass outrage among the most loyal of constituencies.

CBS called Indiana for Sen. Clinton, and yet no other major media outlet followed. As of 12:19am the tally, according to CNN, is 51 percent for Clinton, 49 percent for Obama.

The precinct still counting is Lake County, Indiana which houses Gary, Ind., an apparent Obama stronghold.

This video has gone seriously viral, attracting over 700,000 views in only a day’s time.

The newest ad put out by the Democratic National Comittee hits McCain on the Iraq---a less than surprising move given the difference in withdrawal plans between Sen.McCain and his democratic counterparts. See Sen. Clinton's plan here and Sen. Obama's here. 

The ad is set to begin airing Monday according to Fox News.  

 As expected, Sen. Hillary Clinton’s responded to Sen. Barack Obama’s controversial comments last week, by offering herself as protector of the 2nd Amendment, as well as someone who has shot a gun and hunted. With Charleton Heston’s passing perhaps Sen. Clinton could step in as the NRA‘s  most famous member. She certainly could pull off “From my cold dead hands.”

“You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of  Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl,” she said Saturday at a rally in Indiana.  

Add an apple pie to that scence and your looking at a the most American moment since the Revolutionary War.

The quote is political genius. Not only does it identify her with gun owners, but also Pennsylvanians and laborers. And get used to a whole lot more of where that came from, because the Clinton camp is going to punch Obama in the jaw with his admitted mistake over and over.  Obama  will continue to respond with attacks on Clinton’s phony role as the evangelist of the 2nd Amendment, while portraying her, and not himself, as a liberal elitist who subscribes to divisive politics. Call the fire department this flame war could get out of control.

Somewhere Sen. John McCain smiles. 

This impression of Jack Nicholson is about as good as Barack Obama is at bowling.