Posted by Jed Lewison on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 5:09 PM Pacific

The polls are closed...

...and they didn't call it right away for Hillary Clinton.

So right there, that's something of a victory. Who knows what the final total will be? But certainly seems like Clinton is not on track to get anything near the 20 point win she really needs. Still be interesting to see if she manages a double-digit victory.

It's useful to remember that there are 3,253 pledged delegates overall and tonight 158 are at stake. Currently, Obama leads 1,420-1,249 (171 delegates). So not much is going to change substantively tonight, but it sure will be a media frenzy!

More importantly, as the talking heads on MSNBC are now saying, Clinton's donors will be looking at the final numbers to determine whether or not they will continue to pay for her campaign.

The polls are closed...

...and they didn't call it right away for Hillary Clinton.

So right there, that's something of a victory. Who knows what the final total will be? But certainly seems like Clinton is not on track to get anything near the 20 point win she really needs. Still be interesting to see if she manages a double-digit victory.

It's useful to remember that there are 3,253 pledged delegates overall and tonight 158 are at stake. Currently, Obama leads 1,420-1,249 (171 delegates). So not much is going to change substantively tonight, but it sure will be a media frenzy!

More importantly, as the talking heads on MSNBC are now saying, Clinton's donors will be looking at the final numbers to determine whether or not they will continue to pay for her campaign.

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