Clinton at the Bellevue April 22, 2008

My goal for today has been achieved, and now I’m at the Bellevue Hotel in Center City Philadelphia.

CNN, which is being projected on the walls of the ballroom the press is shoved into, just aired a countdown to the close of the polls, and a Times-Squaresque scene occurred with the few Hillary supporters currently in the room. Cheers emerged as the countdown neared zero.

The latest exit polls showed Clinton had a 16-point lead over Obama throughout the state, 58 percent to 42 percent.

The music just started at the Bellevue as the mood shifts from anxiously waiting to cautiously partying. Fellow political reporter LeAnne Matlach and I will be posting articles on temple-news.com following the results of the night, whenever they may come. Stay tuned.