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ABC's David Wright got a little carried away when he found Rodham Clinton "on a roll." He put it this way: "Remember she did not just win Pennsylvania, she has won the last three big contests, including Texas and Ohio and that gives her momentum." He saw Rodham Clinton "brimming with confidence" as she claimed to have more popular votes than Obama before deflating her claim by noting that she includes votes cast in Florida and Michigan. "Almost no one else does."
On NBC, Andrea Mitchell was more moderate, construing the Pennsylvania result merely as enough to keep Rodham Clinton's "hopes alive and revive nagging doubts about frontrunner Barack Obama's ability to deliver a knockout punch." CBS' Jim Axelrod focused on the practical aspects of her win: Rodham Clinton's campaign "needed to cash in…the money is badly needed. Heading into last night her campaign was more than $10m in debt." It claimed 50,000 new donors and a $10m one day online infusion.
As for Obama, CBS kicked off with his new challenge in North Carolina. Dean Reynolds played a clip from ncgop.org, the state's Republican Party, criticizing two local Congressman for endorsing Obama on the grounds that he is "just too extreme for North Carolina." The Republican evidence for this claim was to play that notorious soundbite from Obama's longtime pastor Rev Jeremiah Wright: "Not God Bless America! God Damn America!" The "damn" was bleeped. Intoned the GOP's voiceover: "For 20 years Barack Obama sat in his pew listening to his pastor." Republican candidate John McCain described the ad as "not the message of my campaign."
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