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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Indiana Update - Obama Could Win

Despite the speeches tonight, Barack Obama congratulating Hillary Clinton on her in in Indiana, the results from Lake County (where the Obama stronghold of Gary is located) have yet to come in. And now, Mayor Rudy Clay, an Obama supporter, is optimistic that the results will be enough for Obama to pull out a win in Indiana.
As the fate of a nailbiter Indiana primary -- and possibly the course of the Democratic race -- hung on his city, Gary Mayor Rudy Clay said just now that it might take a while yet to finish counting the vote in Lake County, which includes Gary, and said tonight his city had turned out so overwhelmingly for Barack Obama that it might just be enough to close the gap with Hillary Rodham Clinton.

"Let me tell you, when all the votes are counted, when Gary comes in, I think you're looking at something for the world to see," Clay, an Obama supporter, said in a telephone interview from Obama's Gary headquarters. "I don't know what the numbers are yet, but Gary has absolutely produced in large numbers for Obama here."

While it's still too early to say whether or not Mayor Clay's info is correct, MSNBC's Chuck Todd reacted to this story by noting that Mayor Clay sounds like a guy who knows he's got the votes.

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