Preliminary results from an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press and television networks in Kentucky's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday and a phone poll during the past week in Oregon's vote-by-mail primary:
IDEOLOGICAL EXTREMES
lling themselves liberal. In most primaries to date, Hillary Rodham Clinton has done better with more conservative voters, Barack Obama with those who are more liberal.

Voter turnout was heavy in Kentucky and Oregon Tuesday for the Democratic presidential primaries, even though pundits and a number of party officials say

by Michele Norris and Mara Liasson All Things Considered, May 20, 2008 · Kentucky and Oregon are holding primaries Tuesday. Hillary Clinton is expected to

Today the nexus of the political universe is split between east and west as Oregon and Kentucky become the latest in a seemingly unending series of states, provinces, commonwealths, island nations and Districts of Columbia to cast their lot for the nominees of the Democratic and Republican primaries.
This go-around, much like last week’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, will likely be a wash. Clinton is heavily favored to trounce Obama in yet another Appalachian state, while the presumptive nominee is equally favored to ride his base in western Oregon to a comfortable win. Upon doing so, Obama would reach yet another important milestone on his way to the nomination,

By Greg Giroux, CQ Staff Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will split 103 delegates on Tuesday that are “pledged” to support either candidate — the

With Oregon and Kentucky going to the polls today, Obama ready to take over an even clearer lead in pledged delegates, and Hillary poised to trounce him in whiteland, there's a lot of discussion on the interwebs about whether or not Hillary's supporters will get behind Obama when it's all said and done.
It's a valid question. Obama is an eloquent intellectual who hasn't bothered to pander to the under-educated, under-paid among us. As a result, many of those folks have decided they like him, while many, many (millions) of others have opted for Hillary. It's easy for the mainstream (and, in some cases, independent) press to cast this as an issue of race. It's a valid point.

By Jim Malone Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama is expected to take a major step toward securing his party's presidential nomination Tuesday

No votes from today's contests in Oregon and Kentucky have been counted yet, so there's no good explanation for why Clinton lost 20,000 votes overnight and Obama lost 30,000 according to her Web site. Team Clinton cites in today's update ABC News for its facts.
The figures don't match the detailed Real Clear Politics popular vote totals, which show Obama up by all calculations except one - discounting caucus totals and including the results from both Florida and Michigan, where he wasn't on the ballot:
race and the difference between the delegate count and popular vote totals in today's paper:

Senator Barack Obama is hoping to seal the Democrat nomination for the US presidential election when primaries take place in Kentucky and Oregon later today.
Obama heads to Iowa
primaries, but will be key when the election proper gets under way in November.

By Brian Knowlton WASHINGTON: Senator Barack Obama edged away Monday from declaring outright victory as soon as Tuesday in his race against Senator Hillary

Barack Obama at a rally on Saturday at Roseburg High School in Oregon, campaigning ahead of the state’s primary this week.
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and has at least two good reasons to revisit now.

BARACK Obama is preparing to anoint himself the winner of the long-running contest with Hillary Clinton at the close of the Kentucky and Oregon primaries tomorrow.
Barack Obama
see Senator Obama. "Wow! Wow! Wow!" were his first words, as he surveyed the multitude.

By Toby Harnden in Washington Senator Barack Obama will seek on Tuesday to end his bitter contest with Senator Hillary Clinton in Iowa – the state that

BARACK Obama is expected to declare he has won the race for the Democratic presidential nomination this week.
Senator Obama says Wednesday's primaries in Oregon and Kentucky could mark the end of his drawn-out battle with rival Hillary Clinton by giving him the majority of pledged delegates.
le Senator Clinton is ahead in Kentucky, a state with 51 delegates that has a similar demographic to West Virginia, where she won a thumping victory last week.

By Ellen Wulfhorst BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (Reuters) - With time running out on her White House campaign, Hillary Clinton plugged away on Sunday in her uphill battle to overtake Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.
"It's not enough to show up and cheer," the former first lady exhorted a rally at Western Kentucky University. "You've got to get out and vote. You've got to bring everybody you can find to vote."
ortly after.