CNN - The Situation Room (Indiana and North Carolina primaries) - 2008-05-06
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[0:04] heard of what the voters are saying. The
[0:06] first exit poll information and the
[0:08] first real voting results, those will be
[0:10] coming up here soon. And John McCain
[0:13] sets a bar for choosing Supreme Court
[0:15] justices. He's sending a message to the
[0:17] Republican right and drawing a dividing
[0:20] line with the Democrats. I'm Wolf
[0:22] Blitzer at the CNN election center.
[0:24] You're in the situation room.
[0:31] Just two hours from now, the first
[0:33] polling places close in Indiana. And the
[0:35] Democrat's latest primary drama will
[0:38] begin to play out in a big way. Heading
[0:40] into today's contest, Hillary Clinton
[0:42] was four points ahead of Barack Obama in
[0:44] Indiana. When you average the latest
[0:46] state polls and Obama led Clinton by 10
[0:49] points in North Carolina, up for grabs,
[0:53] 72 pledged delegates in Indiana and 115
[0:56] in North Carolina. Expect a lot of
[0:58] action over the next several hours. The
[1:00] first real results, the vote results
[1:02] will be coming in as polls close across
[1:05] Indiana and North Carolina. And we're
[1:07] about an hour or so away from bringing
[1:09] you the first exit poll information. The
[1:12] best political team on television is
[1:14] standing by to bring you up tothem
[1:16] minutee coverage. Let's begin with our
[1:17] Suzan Malvo. She's in in Indiana
[1:20] watching this story unfold. All right,
[1:22] Suzanne, set the stage for us. What
[1:25] happened?
[1:28] >> Well, Wolf, essentially Clinton's
[1:29] message is that she is still in the
[1:31] game. The Clinton camp expects to win
[1:33] Indiana, but the hope the hope is Wolf
[1:35] is by double digits like Pennsylvania.
[1:38] That is what they're keeping their
[1:39] fingers crossed