What the chattering class will say
I think most are of the opinion that Clinton will win Indiana in the mid-to-low single digits; probably somewhere around five points. Obama will probably win North Carolina maybe with a high single-digit margin. Some are predicting double digits for Obama in N.C., but I’m not that confident. If that turns out to be reasonably accurate, nothing will really change tonight, other than the spin. And the media rhetoric is going to determine the prevailing winds, regardless of what either campaign says.
Unless Clinton loses substantially in both states, which is unlikely, one of the first things the elite punditry is going to start chattering is, "Why can’t Obama close the deal?" And Chris Matthews will be the first to utter those words, with Pat Buchanan parroting the same words. Following Pat’s "close the deal" yapping will be how much Jeremiah Wright has hurt Obama and he is in "real trouble."
Joe Scarborough will find any tid-bit possible, if not just make it up, to yap about what a great fighter Hillary Clinton is. And he’ll repeat it continuously for the full three hours of his show tomorrow morning.
In summary, I expect the chattering class, with the exception of maybe Rachel Maddow, to paint Obama as struggling, tired, on a losing-streak, and having no momentum.
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