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The following exit poll results are from "The Nation." None of it bodes well for Clinton, even in Ohio and Texas...
Exit polls had Obama winning liberals, moderates and conservatives.
Exit polls had Obama winning among white voters and African-American.
Exit polls had Obama winning 60-40 among Protestants and splitting the Catholic vote.
Exit polls had Obama winning urban, rural and suburban areas.
Exit polls had Obama winning union households and non-union households.
Bottom line: Obama won and won and won in a state where it should have been a close race.
Even among women, Clinton was ahead just 51 percent, to 48 percent for Obama.
Among men, it was 66-32 for Obama.
It just doesn't leave much of the electorate for Clinton to win, except for the >60-year-old women who've stuck by her (barely).
The momentum has just kept building for Obama, and meanwhile, if you caught any of McCain's insomnia-curing speech, you realize McCain's in serious trouble. He was doing GOP boilerplate talk that would have been as useful in 2004 and 2000 -- it shows a total lack of progress on the part of his candidacy. The GOP will be a very tough sell in 2008, and McCain is about the worst pitchman you could have for it. He can only be sure of the diehard Republican vote; he's going to lose nearly everybody else.
