1:10pm
With 99% of the vote reporting, NBC is finally calling Indiana for Hillary Clinton.  She's apparently won the state by 22,000 votes. 

And that's my cue to exit!  Night, folks!

12:25pm
Drudge is putting his neck out too:


12:09pm
I gotta say, this has been the most exciting election night of the primary since Obama took the upset win in Iowa.  We still don't know about Indiana yet, and it's after midnight.  Either way, he's had an amazing victory this evening.  His opponent may indeed be laying the groundwork to exit the race.  Apparently, she's cancelled not only her media appearances for tomorrow, but her public appearances as well.  I just heard Tim Russert say "we now know who the Democratic nominee will be."  Maybe like me he's just a little loopy at this hour, but...damn. 

11:45pm
First shift in Indiana in hours: from 52-48, it's now 51-49.  Barack just moved within 20,000 votes of Hillary.  Looks like Gary, IN is starting to finally trickle in.

11:35pm
The latest buzz is that Lake County "should report by midnight".  Right, and two hours ago they were saying by 10pm.  Let's hope we hear something soon!

10:46pm
Indiana!  All eyes on unreported Lake County, a heavily African-American part of the state.  This from an Indiana primary blog:

Mayor Rudy Clay came to his headquarters in Gary Tuesday night with a list of voting results showing overwhelming margins for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton.

Many of the districts had Obama with triple digit totals and Clinton with totals in the single digits or teens.  One district had a result of 126-4.

9:36pm
A bit of a goof near the end of an otherwise stellar performance.  He describes "the American flag draped over my father's coffin."  If I'm correct on this, the flag would have been draped over his grandfather's coffin, who was a WWII veteran.  I do not believe Barack Obama, Sr., his dad, who was not an American citizen and certainly never served in the military, would have had the flag for his burial. 

It was a minor misspeak, he froze a bit when he said it, recognized it, moved on—it means nothing.  The opposition might very well trot it out in the background the next few days.  It will likely have all the impact of a spit in the ocean.

9:31pm
Another great line, from a new, great speech:

"We will win by telling the truth."

9:18pm
Obama speaking now.  Key statement: "There are those tonight who are saying that our party is irreparably divided.  That the other side's supporters won't vote for me, and our supporters won't vote for her.  But I don't believe it." 

This is a candidate who believes he has wrapped this up, that now it's time for him to heal the party's wounds.  Let's hope he's right.  Tonight, he's proven he can weather the worst weeks of the political campaign, and still come out with a big victory.  Tonight, he's gotten awfully close to taking the helm of the Democratic Party.

8:52pm
CBS has called Indiana for Hillary.  But NBC is holding off, saying that voting precincts in Indianapolis and northwestern Indiana haven't been reported, and those could hold substantial Obama votes.  Her margin has shrunk to eight points, sitting at 54-46%.  Indiana may not be over yet.

8:04pm
Politico's Chuck Todd just explained that if Obama can keep his N.C. victory over Clinton at 57%, he erases her entire popular vote take from Pennsylvania.

7:52pm
Scarborough and Harold Ford are predicting a double-digit win for Barack in North Carolina.  Who knows?  They've got 0% reporting!  Joe's saying that a win of that size would be a "game-changer", and could force Hillary out of the race by the end of the week.  This is the same pundit who predicted a Clinton sweep of both states just 24 hours ago. 

Ford, ever smarter, calmer, and more pragmatic, declines to go there.

7:40pm
Networks call North Carolina for Obama instantly.  That's a pretty awesome psychological victory for the Obama campaign.

7:11pm
Indiana polls closed, N.C. polls open for another half-hour.  With 5% reporting out of Indiana, it's Clinton 59%-41.  However, a couple polling stations in northwest Indiana near the Chicago media market have been ordered to stay open by a federal judge because of "pollworker error".  

HuffPo claims exit polling shows Obama up by 12% in N.C., up by 1% in Indiana.  Let's just remember—that's probably crap.