Russert's take

The gas tax holiday did Hillary Clinton in tonight -- at least Tim Russert thinks so.

Just now on MSNBC, he said the gas tax debate helped shift focus away from Jeremiah Wright and onto an issue where Barack Obama took a principled stand and she looked untrustworthy.

Slow results do damage, regardless of the outcome

The lag in reports from key Democratic districts in Indiana has to be murder on Hillary Clinton's fundraising this evening. The early projection of victory for Barack Obama in North Carolina was certainly a blow to her campaign's confidence. This long wait surely is not helping to assuage anxious supporters, wondering what shape her bid will be in tomorrow morning.

Early shutdown

Mark Halperin says polls in Indiana close at 6 p.m., local time.

Limited polling times mean anyone who commutes an hour or so to work and doesn't vote in the morning could miss out.

Hillary Clinton is from (fill in primary state here)

After her ad about a Scranton cottage "with no heat or indoor shower," the New York Senator reminds she is actually from Indiana-bordering Illinois.

Bayh blocker

David Mark of Politico looks into the 'fretful five' uncommitted Democratic House members from Indiana. The article is pretty bland, taking a while to get to its best point: Evan Bayh is for Clinton, thus,

A vote for Obama, then, might be perceived as a vote to thwart the national aspirations of the state’s most popular Democrat.