February 12th primary results open thread

Virginia's polls closed at 7:00pm EST, and CNN immediately called the state for Obama. He split the white vote with Hillary, won more women's votes than Hillary, and was the choice of voters for whom the economy or the war in Iraq was the top concern. (Hillary had expected to do well among voters who cared about the economy.)

More Virginia exit poll info here.

8pm EST: The polls in Washington, DC, have closed and MSNBC immediately projected Obama the winner.

An interesting post that looks at some of Hillary's logic with respect to caucuses and superdelegates, and another that compares Obama's and Clinton's superdelegate supporters. They're pretty evenly matched with respect to elected officials (governors, Senators, Members of Congress), but not in pledged Democratic National Committee members (mostly party activists). Time will tell how this balance will shift over time, especially with Obama's momentum.

Here's a story and video about Hillary's response to Obama's victories last weekend.

MSNBC is reporting that about 21% of Obama's votes in Virginia came from independents. Obama also won the 65 and older voters there, as well as the blue collar voters. His coalition is growing... and this map is starting to look pretty purple!

They also just announced that Clinton's deputy campaign manager Mike Henry has resigned...

9:30pm EST - The polls (which were kept open late due to weather) have closed in Maryland... and MSNBC is declaring Obama the winner by a significant margin. Some exit poll data here.

And in Virginia, with 83% of the results in, Obama is leading 63% to 36%. In DC, with 49% of the vote counted, Obama is trouncing Clinton 76% to 23%.