Coverage Round-Up on Clinton and Obama

By Margaret Lyons in News on May 7, 2008 3:48PM

Last night's big news: Obama took North Carolina, Clinton took Indiana. These are some of our favorite lines from local coverage:

"Now it is like watching two punch-drunk fighters in a slow-motion montage of the glancing blows, the same frames over and over, both wobbly but still standing." [Trib]

"Indiana is home to large numbers of blue-collar workers who have been attracted to the former first lady...." [CBS]

"Exit polls in Indiana and North Carolina show Obama still isn't connecting with some voters." [S-T]

"The Clintons are like a cat that gets run over but refuses to die." [John Kass]

"Hoosiers are as crazy about as basketball as Indy cars." [Lynn Sweet]

"When this long primary season finally ends, it's no longer going to be enough for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to kiss and make up. They're going to need a long and meaningful embrace." [Carol Marin]

"About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow bride of Christ because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph." [AP]

"A few doors down, Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones sat in a folding chair outside of another storefront that serves as both the campaign office of Rudy Clay, Gary's mayor, and the Obama headquarters." [Mary Mitchell]