memeorandum: THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE....Michael Gerson today: (Kevin Drum/Washington Monthly)

11:15 AM ET, May 7, 2008

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Alec MacGillis / The Trail:

Gary Mayor Predicts Possible Indiana Shocker — 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 …

Discussion: The Page, protein wisdom, TalkLeft, Wizbang, Live Indiana Primary …, AMERICAblog, CCPSBlog, Commentary, The Primary Source, The Moderate Voice, Corrente, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Ben Smith's Blogs

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

For Clinton, Options Seem to Dwindle — In this case, a split was not a draw. — Despite narrowly winning Indiana, while losing North Carolina, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton did not fundamentally improve her chances of securing the Democratic presidential nomination.

Scott Helman / Boston Globe:

AP: Clinton loaned herself $6.4m — INDIANAPOLIS — The Associated Press has confirmed this morning what many have been wondering in recent days: that Hillary Clinton, short on cash, long on debts, and facing a steep climb to the Democratic nomination, loaned herself another $6.4 million over the past month.

Discussion: The Raw Story and The Page

New York Times:

It's About the White House — Like many Americans, we have been intrigued and often exasperated by the long-running Democratic primary and the ever smaller-bore spats between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. So we are thankful to Senator John McCain for reminding us Tuesday …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, American Power, NewsBusters.org and Althouse

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:

FIRST THOUGHTS: THE GAME CHANGER — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — *** The game-changer: In a way, Clinton turned out to be prescient when she said that the North Carolina and Indiana contests would be a game-changer in the race for the Democratic nomination.

Discussion: Spin Cycle

David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:

What happened in Ind. and N.C. — The contests in Indiana and North Carolina continued long demographic trends that are proving to be destiny in the 2008 Democratic primaries. — According to exit polls, a third of North Carolina voters were black — and with the support of more than nine …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Jules Crittenden, Macsmind and Betsy's Page

Marc Ambinder:
Obama Wins; How Does Clinton Lose?

Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner

Washington Post:
Clinton Aides Doubtful About Future

Discussion: New York Times, The Politico and BuzzFlash.org

Krooney / The Page:
THEY BEGIN TO DECIDE — The media turns up the heat on Clinton.

Discussion: AMERICAblog, Pam's House Blend, American Power and marbury

Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Uncertainties Mark Clinton's Itinerary

Discussion: Salon, The Caucus, Washington Wire, The Carpetbagger Report and ScrappleFace

Dylan Loewe / The Huffington Post:
Obama's Coming. Clear the Way.

Discussion: Boston Globe, Shadow of the Hegemon, Comments from Left Field, The Mahablog, Taylor Marsh and The Reaction

Rick Moran / Pajamas Media:
Hillary: Should She Stay or Should She Go?

Discussion: The Belmont Club and Fausta's blog

Christopher Beam / Trailhead:
The Popular-Vote Death Knell [Updated]

Discussion: Donklephant, The Moderate Voice, New York Observer, The Campaign Spot, The Daily Dish, Political Machine, Hot Air and Top of the Ticket

John McCain 2008:
Remarks By John McCain on Judicial Philosophy

Discussion: New York Times, Althouse, Washington Post, Power Line, NewsBusters.org, pfaw.org and Right Wing Watch

Washington Post:
Obama Is Decisive Winner in N.C.; Clinton Ekes Out Victory in Indiana

Discussion: TownHall Blog, Los Angeles Times, The Strata-Sphere, MSNBC, Hot Air, New York Post and Raleigh News & Observer

Todd Beeton / MyDD:

The Tie Has Been Broken — Yep, I'm still up. Sorry it's taken me so long to weigh in with a sort of post-mortem on tonight, this has taken me longer to compose than I had expected and I now realize I should have put an overnight thread up. I look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts - Todd

Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, TalkLeft, TPM Election Central, Democratic Strategist, FiveThirtyEight.com, Comments from Left Field and Election Inspection

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Russert: Clinton cancels morning show appearances — Tim Russert, a colleague reports, just said that Hillary Clinton canceled her scheduled appearances on the morning shows tomorrow. — It's a sign of weakness she can ill afford at a moment when questions about whether she can continue are mounting.

Discussion: michellemalkin.com and The Raw Story

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

HMMM — NBC just reported that Hillary Clinton is holding no public events tomorrow. We'd earlier reported that she'd cancelled her morning show appearances. But that's not that surprising. There's not a lot good to talk about. But canceling all public appearances, if that's what they're saying, is a different story.

Discussion: Blog of the Moderate Left

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Reportedly Will Hold No Public Events Tomorrow

Discussion: GINA COBB

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:

Hillary and Bill Clinton in defeat and victory: When pictures tell the story — Just look at his face! — Doesn't William Jefferson Clinton look absolutely delighted with his wife's Democratic presidential primary victory in Indiana? — Sure the Clinton campaign (Hillary's) had hoped to do much better in North Carolina.

Discussion: Power Line

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Black Voters Did It — Here's what now seems obvious …

Discussion: The New Republic, Prairie Weather and Oliver Willis

Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Ugly truth why Hillary Clinton won't quit

Discussion: The Campaign Spot, PrawfsBlawg, Associated Press and Political Machine

John Bresnahan / The Politico:

GOP leaders warn of election disaster — Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party's message isn't good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC's money. — The double shot of bad news had one veteran Republican …

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Daily Kos, Sister Toldjah, Balloon Juice, The Page and Instapundit.com

Washington Wire:

Obama Shifts to General-Election Mode — Nick Timiraos reports from Chicago on the presidential race. — The Obama campaign appears poised to begin running its general election campaign after Tuesday night's primaries seemed unlikely to change the math or the momentum in the Democratic nomination.

Discussion: The Raw Story

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Exit Polls: Limbaugh Effect Seems To Rear Its Head

Discussion: Lynn Sweet, NewsBusters.org, SFGate, Political Punch, The New Republic, The Radio Equalizer, No More Mister Nice Blog, Marc Ambinder, The Trail, The Daily Dish, News Hounds, The Campaign Spot, Political Machine, Too Sense, Top of the Ticket and CNN

Thomas B. Edsall / The Huffington Post:
Obama Victorious, Clinton On The Ropes

Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Salon, Open Left and ABCNEWS

Michael Gerson / Washington Post:

A Phony ‘War on Science’ — There are few things in American politics more irrationally ideological, more fanatically faith-based, than the accusation that Republicans are conducting a “war on science.” — According to Hillary Clinton, the Bush administration has declared “open season on open inquiry.”

Discussion: Too Sense

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE....Michael Gerson today:

Discussion: The Foundry and Crooked Timber

Deacon / Power Line:

“THE BIGGEST FAIRY TALE EVER” IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE — Hillary Clinton held on to win the Indiana primary by a bit more than 20,000 votes, and two percentage points. Losing a neighboring state isn't usually a path to nomination, but in these circumstances it may well be enough effectively to end the hopes of his rival.

Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Don Surber and Daily Pundit

Krooney / The Page:

BUNCHES OF SUPERS — George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America”: “More superdelegates will come out today for Barack Obama -they will come three, four, five at a time, and this nomination will be locked up.”

Discussion: Daily Kos and TPM Election Central