An early Pennsylvania exit poll figure
With virtually everyone -- including Barack Obama -- waiting to find out not if, but by how much, Hillary Clinton wins today's Pennsylvania primary, a preliminary exit poll result reveals that, in the eyes of many of the state's voters, it will be a hollow victory.
CNN just reported that 54% of those who cast ballots in the Democratic contest said that, regardless of who they favor, they believe Obama will emerge as the nominee.
Conversely, 43% said they expect Clinton to eventually prevail.
-- Don Frederick
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Since Hillary is only given at most a 10% chance to snag the nomintion at this point, the astounding fact is that so many Keystone State voters think she will be nominated.
Posted by: Stephen Gianelli | April 22, 2008 at 03:35 PM