The title doesn’t say it all.  Sen. Hillary Clinton won Indiana by only 2 percentage points while Sen. Barack Obama won in NC by 15 points.  This means that Clinton will not get very many more delegates out of Indiana than Obama, and the difference between Obama’s delegates and Clinton’s delegates in NC will make up for Clinton’s Pennsylvania win two weeks ago.

Can Clinton stay in?  She’s saying yes right now.  Her argument right now is that she won Indiana, which borders Obama’s home state of Illinois, her national poll numbers are increasing, she has a lead in superdelegates, and Michigan and Florida delegates have not been but should be counted.

These arguments seem desperate at best, though, and superdelegates may start to abandon Sen.

If you’re curious and don’t know the difference between a delegate and a primary, check out this FAQ.
After the Super Tuesday Democratic primaries and caucuses on February 5, when 24 states (that’s 1 fewer than half, for our 1st grade readers) chose their pledged delegates, Sen. Hillary Clinton had a lead in both states won and delegates earned. Since then, Sen. Barack Obama has won ten straight states and now holds a lead in delegates earned. So, can he be stopped? Yes. For one thing, he still needs 857 delegates, and with the number of states left to vote shrinking, it still could be difficult. For another thing, the momentum of the race has shifted more than once before during the campaign.