April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania primary victory gave her campaign the boost it needed to keep going without diminishing Barack Obama's chances of ultimately capturing the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton got 55 percent of the vote to Obama's 45 percent in yesterday's Pennsylvania primary, with 99 percent of precincts reporting. With the race now shifting to Indiana and North Carolina, Clinton still needs a major event to loosen Obama's grip on the nomination because of his lead in the nationwide popular vote and in delegates to the national convention.
``She's in a difficult place,'' said Jenny Backus, a Democratic strategist who isn't affiliated with either candidate. Clinton needs a ``miracle'' or ``some magical negative story dropping on Obama from out of the sky.''
Obama came into yesterday with a delegate lead of 139, according to an unofficial tally by the Associated Press, and Clinton cut that margin by 14 delegates. She narrowed his popular-vote advantage in contested elections and caucuses by some 200,000 votes to about 600,000.
With no major states among the nine remaining contests, that gap will be almost impossible for her to erase.
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