The Class Divide

It’s stark among the Democrats. Frum makes a good point:

The economically anxious are voting for Clinton; the economically secure prefer Obama. When Obamaniacs urge Americans to vote their hopes, not their fears, they are overlooking the rather important fact that the Democratic base is made up of a lot of people with a lot of fears.

How He Did It

Ambers explains:

Credit the campaign’s organization in the caucus states — Obama won supermajorites in Alaska (75%), Kansas (74%), Colorado (68%), Minnesota (68%) and in the primary state of Georgia (68%). Obama’s margin of victory in Illinois was proportionately larger than Clinton’s margin in New York — more than enough to give him some extra delegates.

Obama Won The Day

That’s the calculation of the networks at this point, it seems. A narrow victory:

The Obama camp projects topping Clinton by nine delegates, 845 to 836.

NBC News, which is projecting delegates based on the Democratic Party’s complex formula, figures Obama will wind up with 840 to 849 delegates, versus 829 to 838 for Clinton. 

But it allows the Obama camp to point out – correctly – that they won a majority of the contests yesterday, won in a wider variety of red and blue states, and won in the number of delegates counted. Obama is also winning in fundraising. That’s a pretty impressive tailwind for this weekend and next Tuesday.