Greg,

Nitpick but Ben Smith correctly notes that Obama supporters were looking to those three as potential pick-ups. According to my sources, Obama's internals have been showing close but leaning Clinton all along so his/the campaign's target has mainly been closing the gap as much as possible.

I believe MN has about the same number of delegates as MO and Obama is winning huge in MN.

Results are currently 49%/48% with 9% outstanding.

I don't think you can call anyone the winner in MO yet. (Of course, it may be a draw depending on delegate division)

Take a look at the Axelrod interview on MSNBC.... watch the body language.... Obama lost the night... what matters is that Obama did not break through in the crucial battlegrounds...

Early on it looked like MO was for Hillary...she has a 1 point lead with 92% of the precincts in...man this is never wrecking

Only down 9000 votes with 9% left. What network called it??? MSNBC doesn't seem to have.

Where does everybody get inspiration and great oratory from Obama. I'm listening to him at his HQ in Chicago and he is borrrriiiing.

hanksf, are you watching the same speech I am? I think he's a little over the top at times, but he's still a brilliant speaker.

Greg,

You've beaten the Bill Clinton thing to death. Really, we get it. Bill Clinton doesn't hurt Hillary among Democrats, and it's stupid that pundits keep bringing it up. But are you really going to mention it in every post, given that you've done four blog posts on it in Horse's Mouth in the past week?

Greg:

Can you post the RCP/Pollster poll averages for Missouri, New Jersey and Massachusetts? I think it would be illuminating for this discussion.

MSNBC just posted the results in MO with Obama leading with 97% reporting.

Obama is leading in MO with 97% of the precincts reporting...he has a 3K plus lead

Okay idiotic. Obama comes across as an angry Black man. It pisses me off to listen to him. I'm not racist so do not suggest this. What we are listen to is a someone setting the party up for a big, very big and devisive lost if he becomes the nominee. What respect, and I have had some for him, drained as I listened to his speech just now. Any please, take a look around the country and see the reaction, you just listened to someone all but claiming entitlements, surrounding by a Black crowd, in the cadence of a Black churh, with anger and not inspiration. Go and listen back to Clinton, to McCain, and Huckabee. I'm sorry, but you can cheer all you want tonight, but it is a loss in the making. Very, very sad.

"Hillary Wins Missouri"???

Maybe change the headline now that he's in the lead?

You come across as an angry white man, Matthew. Go to bed.

Ahh Weaver, Obama is a sore loser? Me thinks thou protest too much.

Wow, Greg, could we get this Matthew joker out of here?

MO comeback will be big but so far CA is HC 55% to BO 33% with 15% reporting. Obviously lots of time to go.

I'm a bit dislexic...

Okay idiotic. Obama comes across as an angry Black man. It pisses me off to listen to him. I'm not racist so do not suggest this. What we are listening to is a someone setting the party up for a big, very big and devisive lost if he becomes the nominee. What respect, and I have had some for him, drained as I listened to his speech just now. Anyway, please take a look around the country and see the reaction, you just listened to someone all but claiming entitlements, surrounded by a Black crowd, in the cadence of a Black churh, with anger and not inspiration. Go and listen back to Clinton, to McCain, and Huckabee. I'm sorry, but you can cheer all you want tonight, but it is a loss in the making. Very, very sad.

FYI, my life has been filled with diversity and I am not racist and do not associate with or tolerate anyone in my life who is. I worked on Jackson's campaign in 1984 and have supported others over the year without regard to color or gender. But Obama is over the top.

Now I hear in the background that MSNBC is marking California as a win for Clinton. Good.

They just called California for Hillary. Too bad, but it'll be interesting to see how close the final margin actually is.

The Missouri comeback is absolutely insane. So much for Reuters.

Matt,

The "I'm not a racist" line is hard to swallow given that all your complaints about Obama include the adjective "black".

What's wrong with a black crowd? a black church? or even a black sounding voice? Do you have some sort of problem with black people talking, gathering for worship, or even gathering in general?

There should be laws against that sort of thing, huh?

CNN shows Obama up by 4k in MO with 98% reporting. Will California be too close as well?

If you're not racist, Matthew, why isn't he simply an angry man? Why is he an angry Black man (special emphasis with the capital B)? I don't really care whose campaign you worked on, that doesn't make that statement any less racist.

Matt,

I'm not a racist, but you are coming across as an angry white man. It doesn't piss me off to read your post, but it does amuse me just a little. Get a good nights rest tonight, because there will be a lot of angry posts to write before there is a nominee.

In other news, I think Obama is going to win Missouri.

Matthew,

I don't think you're racist, or that you hang around with racists. In fact, I bet some of your best friends are black.

dnA, what I am talking about is the language, the tone, and the message. Obama became the Black candidate over the past month, answering the questions and demands of the Black community over the past month. Yes, he's winning the young vote but please take a step back and look that the big picture outside the small circle of the blogsphere and the youth. Look, we don't need an angry Black man (Obama) any more than we needed a angry White man (Edwards). Neither is inspirational beyond their core vote. However unfair it is, becoming the Black candidate with angry demands, almost entitlement-like, is marginalizing to the public at large. Take a look at some of the numbers (very roughly)--80+ Black vote, 25% Asian, 30% Hispanic, and even with 50% White Democrats, this is very limiting. Race should never be a part of the equation but sadly it is. The speech I just heard Obama give will make this even more so.

The early votes (which are being reported) were the difference in California. My guess is that Obama won the votes today, but not enough to overcome the early voting. We'll see how the delegate count turns out, but congrats to Senator Clinton on the early voting strategy (it worked in New Hampshire and California).

You're a focus group of 1, Matthew, and based upon your volume of comments on this site you need a life.

Perhaps take a step back for a few days and absorb what everyone else knows -- that Obama has weaknesses, but being perceived as "angry" is not one of them.

...and then take a bit of a look at yourself.

The wrong call on MO will help blunt the good news for Hillary out of CA.

I freely admit I am an Obama supporter. Tonight has given both teams some bragging rights. CA for Hillary is #1. For Obama, if MO stays the same, then this will be a good story for him tomorrow, a real comeback. Also CT, MN and CO, the host for the convention.

Tonight was a 15 round draw with no knockdown. Holy shit, we are witnessing history. Let's try and enjoy it and play fair.

Matthew Weaver I am talking to you and your angry black man rant. Chill out a little.

Here's what's left in MO:

Boone
Candidate Votes % of votes
Barack Obama 9,734 61%
Hillary Clinton 5,787 36%
John Edwards 258 2%
Uncommitted 77 0%
60% of precincts reporting

Jackson
Candidate Votes % of votes
Barack Obama 60,978 56%
Hillary Clinton 46,372 42%
John Edwards 1,385 1%
Uncommitted 291 0%
96% of precincts reporting

Ray
Candidate Votes % of votes
Hillary Clinton 1,850 65%
Barack Obama 853 30%
John Edwards 86 3%
Uncommitted 19 1%
86% of precincts reporting

St. Louis County
Candidate Votes % of votes
Barack Obama 111,511 62%
Hillary Clinton 64,541 36%
John Edwards 2,306 1%
Uncommitted 302 0%
97% of precincts reporting

oops

Nice. Obama wins the big MO.