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Too early, too close to call in Indiana

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By Jack Perry    Email

SPEEDWAY, Ind. –– Indiana’s crucial Democratic presidential primary is too close to call –– at least if there’s any trend to be gleaned from random chats with the voters of this relatively conservative town, the home of the famous auto-racing track, inside the city limits of Indianapolis.

A sampling of Democratic voters at St. Christopher’s Roman Catholic Church was split down the middle early this morning. That leaves much suspense as to whether Sen. Barack Obama can effectively wrap up his party’s presidential nomination with big victories in Indiana and North Carolina –– or alternatively, whether Sen. Hillary Clinton will score another in her string of wins in big, industrial states in the nation’s heartland.

Click below to read what two voters have to say on primary day –– a sunny spring day of blooming lilacs and red buds with high temperatures expected in the low 80s and high turnouts expected.

-- John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington bureau

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