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7:55 PM ET, May 6, 2008

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First Glance At The Exits: Democratic Party Cracking Up? — Here's what jumps out at me from the first wave of exit polls that have been released to the Edison-Mitsofky consortium: — Forget the horse race numbers for a moment: if the surveys are accurate, the polarization within the Democratic Party has reached critical levels.

Discussion: The New Republic, Weekly Standard Blog, Democracy in America, Salon, The Strata-Sphere, TPM Election Central and Spin Cycle

Indianapolis Star:

‘Hardcore’ Republicans voting Democrat — 10:51 AM — ‘Hardcore’ Republicans voting Democrat — The two precincts at Broad Ripple Family Center selected Republican Jon Elrod over Democrat Andre Carson in March's special election for U.S. Congress. But by 9 a.m., just 21 voters …

Discussion: Comments from Left Field, On Deadline, Spin Cycle, Charlotte Observer, The Page and TalkLeft

Associated Press:

Early IN, NC exit poll highlights — Highlights from preliminary results of exit polling Tuesday in the Indiana and North Carolina Democratic primaries for The Associated Press and television networks: — WORRIED ABOUT THE ECONOMY — The economy was on voters' minds in Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Eunomia, Wonkette, NO QUARTER, The American Conservative, Pollster.com and FiveThirtyEight.com

Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:

EXIT POLL: Wright Controversy Casts Shadow on Ind., N.C. Races — In Both States, Three-Quarters or More Say They Decided Before Last Week — Preliminary exit poll results indicate that just under half of Democratic primary voters in Indiana and North Carolina alike call the controversy surrounding …

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, The Page, TalkLeft, TownHall Blog, The Daily Dish, Pollster.com, Wizbang and Classical Values

CBS News:

Clinton, Obama In Battle For Indiana, N.C. — Heavy Turnout In Crucial Primaries That Could Bring Clarity To Democratic Presidential Race — (CBS/AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama battled in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries on Tuesday, the last big-delegate prizes left …

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, Salon, TPM Election Central and Facing South

Drudge Report:

DANGER DAY: HILLARY FACES ‘15-POINT DEFEAT’ IN NC; SEES INDIANA WIN — Hillary Clinton's inner circle now fears a stinging defeat is likely in North Carolina. — “Look, we worked hard and gave it our best shot, but the demographics, well, they are what they are,” a top campaign source explained …

Discussion: The New Republic, Pajamas Media, Comments from Left Field, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, Salon, TownHall Blog and race42008.com

Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:

Limbaugh issues orders for Indiana — Today's Indiana Democratic primary is not only a big test for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. — It's also a test for talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, the self-proclaimed commander in chief of “Operation Chaos.” — Indiana's primary is open …

Discussion: Reason Magazine, Sadly, No!, Top of the Ticket, Salon, The Moderate Voice, AMERICAblog and Spin Cycle

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Limbaugh Democrats? — I've been pretty skeptical of the existence …

Discussion: Whiskey Fire

Taegan Goddard / Political Insider:
Beware of the Exit Polls

Discussion: Political Arithmetik, protein wisdom, Hot Air and The Nation

Zogby:
Zogby Poll: Obama Expands Lead in NC; Dems Still Biting Nails in Indiana!

Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog, Talking Points Memo, The Politico, The Field, Pollster.com, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, neo-neocon, US News, Matthew Yglesias, Daily Kos, TalkLeft, The New Republic, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, MyDD, The Opinionator, The Moderate Voice, newsobserver.com projects and CCPSBlog

Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: BEGINNING OF THE END?

Discussion: AMERICAblog, Political Insider and The New Republic

CNN:
Voters turn out for potentially critical primaries

Discussion: Political Machine and Comments from Left Field

The Campaign Spot:
First Word From HuffPo Sources, Not Mine: Obama NC +12; Hillary IN +7

Discussion: Real Clear Politics

ABCNEWS:
Groundhog Day: 6 More Weeks for Dems

Discussion: The Caucus, On the Trail, TalkLeft and Washington Post

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Most Democrats Not Eager for Either Candidate to Drop Out

Discussion: TalkLeft, Jules Crittenden, Don Surber, Wonkette, The Swamp and Hot Air

John R. Wilke / Wall Street Journal:

FBI Agents Raid Work, Home Of Special Counsel's Bloch — WASHINGTON — Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the Office of Special Counsel here, seizing computers and documents belonging to the agency chief Scott Bloch and staff. — More than a dozen FBI agents served grand jury subpoenas shortly …

Discussion: TalkLeft, The BRAD BLOG, DownWithTyranny!, Law Blog, Prairie Weather, Majikthise, On Deadline and Shakesville

Ari Shapiro / NPR:

FBI Searches Office of Special Counsel Building — Listen: Ari Shapiro Discusses the Raid on ‘Day to Day’ — · FBI agents on Tuesday raided the offices of Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch, who oversees protection for federal whistleblowers. The agents seized computers and shut …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Crooks and Liars, Mercury Rising and TPMMuckraker

Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
FBI raids the Office of Special Counsel

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Blade and Think Progress

David Stout / New York Times:
F.B.I. Raids Office of Special Counsel

Discussion: Pam's House Blend and Group News Blog

Human Events:

Two GOP Losses That Validate a National Pattern — These two special elections validate a national polling pattern that is bad news for Republicans. According to a New York Times/CBS Poll, Americans disapprove of the President's job performance by 63 to 28 (and he has been below 40% job …

Discussion: The New Republic, Washington Wire, The Swamp, Tales from the Trail, AMERICAblog, The Daily Dish, DCCC, The Washington Independent, The Moderate Voice, MoJoBlog, HorsesAss.Org and MSNBC

Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:

Gingrich warns GOP of ‘real disaster’ this fall — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is calling on Republicans to seek “real change to avoid a real disaster” in the wake of another Democratic victory in a special election on Saturday. — In a letter to House Republicans posted on www.newt.org …

Discussion: Pajamas Media and Preemptive Karma

Townhall.com:
Newt Gingrich on Barack Obama's association problems, John McCain's …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Deborah Hastings / Associated Press:

Indiana nuns lacking ID denied at poll by fellow sister — About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow bride of Christ because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph. — Sister Julie McGuire said she was forced to turn away …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, MSNBC and Hullabaloo

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
NOT A BUG, A FEATURE ...

Discussion: The Trail, At-Largely and Seeing the Forest

Michael Calderone / The Politico:

Matthews: MSNBC's support of Obama is ‘not official’ — Chris Matthews spoke last night at the Institute of Politics, and the Harvard Crimson (a Politico campus partner) was on hand. … And later.

Discussion: Commentary, The Campaign Spot and The Jed Report

Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Chris Matthews: Obamania ‘not official’

Discussion: NO QUARTER and Taylor Marsh

Al Gore / NPR:

Excerpt: ‘The Assault on Reason’ — Television's quasi-hypnotic effect is one reason that the political economy supported by the television industry is as different from the vibrant politics of America's first century as those politics were different from the feudalism that thrived …

Discussion: Political Radar

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Gore Weighs In — Al Gore was interviewed on National Public Radio …

Discussion: TPM Election Central

Confederate Yankee:

Calling It: Obama Wins N.C. — I just got off the phone with Mike Ash, Director of the Durham County Board of Elections in Durham, NC. He doesn't have any numbers as far as percentages of eligible voters making it to the polls at this point, but said several polling locations have already hit record numbers.

Discussion: The Other McCain

Paul Shukovsky / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

FBI says men in ferry photo were innocent sightseers — 2 European businessmen reveal selves to U.S. envoy — The FBI has called off a global manhunt for two men who looked Middle Eastern and were spotted snapping pictures and demonstrating “suspicious behavior” on a Washington ferry last summer.

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Newshoggers.com and Firedoglake