Indiana Primary getting national attention

From Wall Street Journal today:

Sen. Hillary Clinton needs to show strong support among white,
working-class voters in coming primaries to mollify those in the party who say
she should pull out of the race. While the most prominent test comes April 22 in
Pennsylvania, her bigger challenge may be two weeks later, in Indiana.

Indiana offers 72 delegates and would give Sen. Clinton a chance to
narrow the gap with Sen. Barack Obama. Sen. Obama leads in the race for
delegates with 1,632, including superdelegates, to 1,500 for Sen. Clinton,
according to the Associated Press; 2,025 are needed to secure the
nomination.

So, finally Indiana matters a ton in an election? With the possibility of moderate Republicans crossing over to vote for Hillary, as a vote against the liberalism of Obama, she could win bigger than expected.

The Indiana Democratic Party expects between 700,000 and 950,000 voters to
participate in the primary, more than double the last record turnout, set in
1992. The last time the Indiana Democratic primary held such importance was
1968, when the state chose Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.

"This is definitely a first for us," said Marjorie Hershey, a
political-science professor at Indiana University. "I'm not sure anyone has ever
cared about the Indiana primary before."