Hillary Clinton proved that her win in Pennsylvania was a big deal. Her campaign has said that it "raised more than ten million dollars in the twenty-four hours following her win in Pennsylvania". Allegedly, 80% were first-time donors. Back at the end of March, Obama's campaign had approx. forty million dollars and no debt, while the Clinton campaign had about nine million and ten million in debt. Clinton has been saying that more people have voted for her than for Obama because she is including the votes from Michigan and Florida. Including these two states gives her about one hundred thousand more votes; however, the Democratic party refuses to count the votes in these two states. This is because both of these states violated the party's rules by having their primaries too early, and because Obama was not even on their ballots. This gives Obama lead of about half a million in the popular vote. Once again, both sides take this situation and make it sound favorable for them. Hillary makes it sound like she really would have more votes. At the same time, Obama could spin it in his favor, making it sound fair that those votes were excluded. The next race is onto North Carolina and Indiana. They say that Obama is supposed to win N.C., but that the race will be close in Indiana. I am curious to see how it will turn out. I am very surprised that the Clinton Campaign has raised so much money in such a short time though. I guess the Pennsylvania did help her a lot, considering all the first-time donations.
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| Hillary Clinton campaigning Wednesday in Indiana |
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| Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters Wednesday in Indiana |
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