Exit Polls

She won the popular vote by a sliver (4%).

Some people think that Rush Limbaugh's call to Republicans to go vote for Clinton may have something to do with it.

Early exit polling shows 10 percent of the voters in Ohio's Democratic Primary identified themselves as Republican, along with 22 percent who said they were independents. It was the same story in Texas: 10 percent of the voters in the Democratic primary identified themselves as Republican, along with 25 percent who said they were independents.

Funny, because I was being smacked around a week ago when I suggested that Republicans voting for Obama is a good thing. If they did vote for Clinton though, to throw off the race, we'll have hell to pay in November if she is the nominee.

Just as in Ohio, last minute voters went heavily to Clinton.

Just as in Ohio, gender wasn't an issue.

Race on the other hand ...

So Texas and Ohio were almost identical in outcome --although Clinton's winning margin was bigger in Ohio.

It takes someone to win by 10 to have a landslide. The New York Times is projecting his win by .. ahem ...

This is not a landslide. As we would say in Puerto Rico :
Barack limpió el piso con Clinton.

Screenshot of NY Times Wisconsin tallies

There's some interesting poll info from CBS via Marc Ambinder :

Info from our trusty pals at CBS News: this electorate is very white; only four in ten have a "college degree." They're "less affluent" than Dems in other states. The percentage of late deciders is declining: only 27% made up their minds within the last seven days.

-- Issue number one is, of course, the economy, followed by health care... adding the economy and health care brings you to nearly 70% of the electorate.
-- Change trumps experience, 52 to 24.
-- Very few first time voters -- only 17%.
-- 27% of the electorate were independent
-- Clinton was seen as the most unfair attacker;
-- Obama (55%) was seen as the candidate most like to improve relations with the res tof the world.

Screenshot of MSNBC numbers

Hillary Clinton may be losing to Barack Obama by as much as a 13% spread.

Tell me this is not the beginning of the end.

If Hillary Clinton cannot win Wisconsin, a majority white working class state with a good chunk of over 45 voters, then how can she win a general election?

Earlier in the day Tim Russert said on MSNBC that, in their respective general elections that John Kerry won Wisconsin by only 1% and Al Gore behind him by only 2%.

What is astounding is that, if this were a general election, Obama would have won by at least 60% over McCain. Look at how many more Democrats are voting compared to Republicans. It's insane. Sure, in this election Clinton could have trounced a McCain, but look by how much more Obama would win.

That is a mandate.

That is a number that says people are ready for something new, for something different.

That number signifies Hope.

That's what all Democrats should be coming together, so this can happen in November. Instead of talking about how many delegates one candidate can steal from another, why not working together for a majority that will trounce the neocons out of Washington.