I don't know how many of you have been tracking the Indiana results as obsessively as I have, but it's been amazing to watch over the past five six hours: Clinton's lead started at about 15% around the time the polls closed, and have been steadily creeping downward since.
Lake County, whose biggest city is Gary, has just started reporting results, after almost all the rest of the counties had sent in nearly complete ones. Right now, Lake County has sent in about 28% of their totals. They show a 3:1 advantage to Obama, with about another 100,000 votes to be counted. Clinton's lead is down to less than 2% statewide -- about 20,000 votes.
[Update] As of 1:30 am, it looks like close, but no cigar. With 99% of the statewide totals in, Clinton has a margin of about 1.8% (~23,000 votes). Lake County is also about 99% reported, and Obama's early lead has come back to earth -- only about a 10% margin there. Probably a few CBS employees just started breathing again -- they alone called this one for Clinton hours ago, before the Lake County results started coming in.
Fun while it lasted, though. And of course, there's always gloating about North Carolina: with 99% reporting, Obama is up by nearly 15%, representing a cushion of more than 200,000 voters. NC also has more delegates than IN, so I'd say Obama comes out of tonight with a boost in delegates and some serious new momentum.
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