Short entry here. MSNBC just back peddled. At the start of the night it was "too close to call." Later, as the numbers came in they upgraded to "too early to call," signaling a Clinton victory. But now...
MSNBC now says it is "too close to call" and made a note of the downgrade. I did some crude numbers and figured that Obama has around 19,000 vote margin to make up in Indiana. Lake County (in the Chicago media market) is still out. 25% of Indianapolis and the surrounding counties (which are going heavy Obama) are still out. For those of us who remember the Show Me State, Missouri had been called before all of St. Louis City, St. Louis County and parts of Kansas City had come in. By the end of the night, every network needed to reverse its call.
Olberman just said Obama may have been "premature" in congratulating Clinton on Indiana. I agree. It is too early. Hold on to your seats! He only need 54-55% of the remaining vote.
Chuck Todd refuses to call it.
UPDATE: Lake County reports it will be in by 10 pm EST. The Chicago suburbs and a bit of Indianapolis are still out. The difference is 35K votes, which means Obama needs just over 17,600 of the remaining votes to win. There is a 4% margin with 20% of the ballots still out. Clinton is headed to the podium shortly.
UPDATE 2: 300,000 votes out. Lake County (Gary) will not report until 11 p.m. EST.