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Tonight's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Indiana

By Jeralyn

Update: A poll of Northwest Indiana Democrats (Lake and Porter Counties) has Hillary ahead by 13 points- 46% to 33%.

Northwest Indiana is the state's second-largest pool of Democratic voters, behind Marion County. Lake County has the state’s highest concentration of Democrats, statistics show.

"If you want to be able to win in Indiana, you have to turn out the vote in Northwest Indiana," Eisenstein said. "This is the Democratic stronghold of the state."

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It's another Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner tonight, this time in Indiana. Both Hillary and Obama will speak, at different times.

Update: 6:25 pm MT: Fox is about to broadcast Hillary's speech. Unbelievable that Geraldo has Jeanine Pirro, who ran unsuccessfully against Hillary for the Senate, as an analyst.

Some things to keep in mind about Indiana: [More....]

No Democratic presidential nominee has won Indiana since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Republicans control the governor's office -- and all statewide elected offices, for that matter -- as well as the state Senate. The GOP is confident John McCain will carry Indiana in November.

....Republican Mitch Daniels was elected governor in 2004, ending 16 years of Democratic control of the governor's office. That same year, Republicans took control of the state House, which Democrats had narrowly controlled for eight consecutive years.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 04, 2008 (boomark / email).