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ih PageA2 ‘ ^Jortlanb (Dhseruer M a y 7, 2 0 0 8 Obama Wins N. Carolina Close call in Indiana; Oregon coming up next roots Celebrate "D iversity in Politics & A ctivism " w ith art, food, and dance from all across the globe! Featuring live music from Cubaneo, Copacrescent, Lifesavas and more! For more in form a tion check out embank C l& d N C O P f lO J m t u s EEL., iThr }lo rtkm h <Oh»vrurr Z ip c a r* UUI AZW "This primary season may not be over, but when it is, we will have to remember who we are as D em ocrats... because we all agree that at this defin ing moment in history — a moment when we're facing two wars, an economy in turmoil, a planet in peril — we can't afford to give John McCain the chance to serve out George Bush's third term." Obama was gaining more than 90 percent of the black vote in Indiana, while Clinton was winning an estimated 61 percent of the white vote there. In North Carolina, Clinton won 60 percent of the white vote, while Obama claimed support from roughly 90 percent of the blacks who cast ballots. (A P)~ Barack Obama swept to victory in the North Carolina primary Tuesday night and declared he was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. Hillary Rodham Clinton led narrowly in Indiana, strug gling to halt her rival's march into history. "Tonight we stand less than 200 delegates away from winning the Democratic nomination for president of the United States," Obama told a raucous rally in Raleigh, N.C. — and left no doubt he intended toclaim the prize. He said it appeared Clinton had won Indiana's primary. Thousands of votes had yet to be counted, principally in Lake County, aheavily black area not far from Obama's home city of Chicago. Returns from 62 percent of North Carolina precincts showed Ohama was winning 56 percent of the vote to 42 percent for Clinton, a triumph that mirrored hisearlier wins in South ern states with large black popula tions. Obama won at least 40 delegates and Clinton at least 31 in the two states, with 116 still to he awarded. Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama. D-lll., That made Indiana a virtual must- greets supporters Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C. win Midwestern state forthe former Obama's'delegate haul edged him closertohisprize— 1785.5to l,639for Clinton in The Associated Press count, out o f 2,025 needed to win the nomina tion. He has long led Clinton among delegates won in the prim aries and caucuses, and has increasingly nar ro w e d h is d e f ic it am ong superdelegates who will attend the convention by virtue o f their stats as party leaders. The AP tally showed C linton with 269.5 superdelegates, and O bam a with 255. The impact of a long-running con troversy over Obama's former pastor, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, D-N. Y., the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, was difficult campaigns Tuesday at a fire station in New Albany, Ind. to measure. In North Carolina, six in 10 voters who said first lady, hoping to counter Obama's persistent del Wright's incendiary comments affected their votes egate advantage with a strong run through the late sided with Clinton. A somewhat larger percentage of primaries. voters who said the pastor's remarks did not matter There, returns from 79 percent of the precincts supported Obama. showed Clinton with 52 percent of the vote to 48 The effect of Clinton's call for a summertime percent for Obama. suspension of the federal gasoline tax — which Voters in both states fell along racial patterns long dominated the final days of the two primaries — was since established in a marathon race between the impossible to judge. nation's strongest-ever black presidential candidate The questionnaire used to learn about voter and its most formidable female challenger for the motivation did not include any questions about the White House. gasoline tax. The economy was the top issue by far in both In Indiana, about one in five voters said they were states, according to interviews with voters as they left independents, an additional one in 10 said Repub their polling places. lican. T wo weeks after a decisive defeat in Pennsylvania. Only Democrats and unaffiliated voters were Obama sounded increasingly like he was looking permitted to vote in North Carolina. forward to the fall campaign. , * ..... r * 1” ^SxsirtPcsl _ ». Music | Food | Entertainment | Arts & Crafts Prizes | Giveaways | Kids' Area | Cultural Boot MAY 10, 2008 - 11 am to 6pm $<§S rose F t ST I VA I. ik«t tn VVii'ki O R E G O N C O N V E N T IO N C E N T E R $ 3 A d m i s s i o n | K id s 6 & U n d e r F r e e W W W .A S IA N R E P O R T E R .C O M Portland Ros« Festival The .Vrion Keporter 2008 Th* Coca Cola Company Coca Cola. ' «ha Dynamic P lbbon tha Contour Botila Dattpn. Ihn »nd Disk Icon and Tha Cok* %id» o» lifn ' ara »radamarfcs of Tha Coca-Cola Company