May 6 results are ultimately good for Obama.

Like Michelle Obama says, "He's the hope guy. I'm the cynic." I may be paraphrasing her, so don't repeat that as an exact quote. Anyway, that's true of me, too; I'm the cynic in my house. And although I'm disappointed that Obama ultimately narrowly lost my home state, in which I worked so hard, I cannot deny that the results of what happened on May 6 are very good for Barack Obama. Any disappointment that I feel is an issue of hometown (or state) pride.

And like Jim says, although we may have lost Indiana, last night, it was close - very, very close. And we had a huge victory in North Carolina. We ultimately got what we needed.

As an aside, I think it's telling that I can't help but say "we" instead of saying "Obama." I do feel like we're in this together, that a vote for Obama is a vote for the people.

In total, Hillary Clinton achieved just a two-point victory in Indiana, last night, and fell far short in the overall number of delegates, falling even further behind than she already was. Clinton netted 3 delegates out of Indiana, while Obama netted 19 delegates out of North Carolina, so May 6 resulted in a net gain of 16 delegates for Obama.

Clinton will likely win the upcoming primaries in Kentucky, West Virginia and Puerto Rico, while Obama will likely win those in Oregon, South Dakota, and Montana. In other words, in the few remaining contests, they will likely break even, leaving Obama in the lead.

Unless the superdelegates throw a coup and overturn the will of the people, Obama will be the nominee. Clinton cannot catch up, so why is she still in the race?

Clinton has run out of arguments as to why she should be the nominee. She has already indicated that your vote doesn't really count if you live in a caucus state, are a political activist, are black, are college educated, or if you believe in the nomination process as agreed upon by the Democratic party (and it's worse if you're all of the above). (I posted a video of Keith Olbermann's breakdown of Clinton excuses.)

Jon Stewart also had a funny satire on this topic after the Pennsylvania primary on The Daily Show: