Senator Kennedy was against Hillary. Senator Kerry was against Hillary, and Governor Patrick was against Hillary.

Result: Hillary wins Massachussets!

The Kennedy Machine Failed Obama!

MA has been a stronghold for HRC for quite some time. If Obama holds the spread to a few percentage points, it will be a very good showing for him.

It looks like the trend is that Hillary is winning the big blue states (Illinois excepted) - the ones the Dems need to carry over from 2004.

Obama is winning due to lockstep voting (86% in GA!) by the black bloc. This is perfectly okay and understandable, of course, (it's a pride thing) but it's in states that the Dems won't have a chance in in the GE.

Obama's hope is to pull the upset in California - otherwise, this will be the unhappy realization for the Obama Dems come Wednesday morning.

That delegate count wouldn't be accurate until final numbers are in.

She really is kicking his ass tonight. He needs to pull it out in California. Failing that, which would turn things right around, he makes his last stand in Virginia on the 12th. It is just so rich that she has apparently kicked ass on Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, too. I never would have believed it. Bill must be laughing.

Washington Post called, then took it down. Fox and MSNBC called. Neither Boston nor Cambridge are in - at all. The exits have it close, but with Hillary ahead. So, I'd be cautious about this - she's still likely to take it, but it looks close.

The polls had tightened in Mass. over the last two weeks, but an Obama win there would have been surprising and probably would have meant the end of the Clinton campaign. If it ends up within ten points, then the "Kennedy machine" as someone called it would actually have been successful. There was reason (apparently justified) for the Obama campaign to be optimistic about Delaware and Alabama, but those are still important wins given the polls two weeks ago in either state. A CT win as well would be a nice surprise, even if the delegate count is largely even.

As an Obama supporter, I'm worried about MO and CA, but rather than post throughout the night, I'm off to a Todd Snider concert.

Alan, they called it with about 20 something % of the vote counted. There are a lot of polling places still out there, and many of these are in Obama strongholds. As some people have mentioned, some who called it have since retracted.

So, yes it is close. Obama may not win Massachusetts, but he accomplished his goal, pushed Clinton in her backyard and supposed firewall state, and will pull more than his share of delegates.

Alan - No spin, just facts. Look at the exits, and look at the towns in. You will see it tighten significantly as the night goes on.
That having been said, I'd bet she still wins it, but it will be a very close delegate division. But, give it about an hour. We'll see then.

But it isn't about spinning one way or the other. I would be quite pleased with either candidate. We all should be happy to have two such great candidates.

It looks like Boston is coming in basically 50/50 all at once.

So the spread probably will end up pretty wide. Hillary should give the Mayor a HUGE thank you! He delivered much better than Patrick, Kennedy or Kerry.

50% of the Massachussets vote is in and Hillary leads by 19%. Who said watch it get close as the numbers come in? Well the numbers are coming in and it's Hillary BIG where her opponent had big endorsements.
Again, when someone said watch it get close as the numbers come in is SPINNING like a top.
As far as Massachussets is concerned, I have two words for Obama supporters: YOU LOSE- Admit IT!

Can someone PLEASE run against and dump Kennedy and Kerry on their next attempt at re-election! This is another piece of evidence showing how far out-of-step these two are within their own state.
Posted by Matthew Weaver

wow, Clintonistas getting the long knives out for 2 party mainstays. troubling? yes. shocking? not in the least.

Alan, Clinton is almost as large a brand name in the state of Massachusetts as Kennedy is. And Kennedy is not running for President, Clinton is. Kennedy helped some in Massachusetts, but I'd argue the real impact of his endorsement was in that hidden battle for superdelegates that's going on behind the scenes. You get a Lahey and a Kennedy to stick their necks out for Obama, and there are a lot of other folks with a delegate vote that won't feel so uncomfortable switching their votes from Clinton to Obama if it does come to that down the line.

Again, congrats on Clinton for Massachusetts, but I'm sure it wasn't one the Obama campaign was banking on. If Clinton had lost here, you could just wave goodbye to her Presidential bid, so they needed this one. Any attempt to spin it differently is interesting, but not even close to realistic.

Boston's not all in. They just changed it from being 98% in to 42% in. I have no idea what part is in and what part is not, and that can make a huge difference.

Hillary is racking up very large margins in the suburbs. Obama just had Northampton come in almost 2:1, but the rest of the academic communities are not yet in.

It will be interesting to see where this ends up. I'm guessing Hillary by 5%, but we'll see.

Numbers just corrected. CNN was having a database burp.

"This is a strong victory and shows that Hillary Clinton has strength in places where Barack Obama was expected to win."

Ugh, this is so disingenouos it is disgusting. It is this type of comment that makes me root against Hillary. Hillary and the people running her campaign treat everyone like they are stupid, like they can be spun at will about anything and everything. It is a trait that reminds me far too much of the current White House administration for my comfort. It makes me apprehensive about a Hillary administration and is a major reason why I voted Obama this morning.

Obama got fairly close here, I mean compared to where he was, there was definitely movement.

Guess they don't remember Camelot all that well in MA. Or maybe they do. Fun to see Teddy and Kerry get their noses rubbed in it.

Hmmph, my comment wasn't posted.

Here's a shorter version: Given that the entire Mass. political machine tried to stop Hillary and given that she started nearly every local race with a poll advantage due to her superior name recognition, there's no cause for the reminder at the end of this post.

Don't underplay this major victory, in the face of a an anti-Clinton conspiracy waged by local politicos who were given way more press than they deserved when they made their endorsements.

"History is being made tonight. A new Democratic coalition is being put together."

A "new coalition" of Northeasterners and California? Better check your history. This is a "coalition" that has lost us the last two presidential elections.