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WASHINGTON- Fresh from her win in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton hit the campaign in her next must win state, Indiana.

Despite Tuesday night's 10-point win over Senator Barack Obama, Clinton still trails in the delegate count and the popular vote. But Clinton is quick to add that's not the case if voters in Florida and Michigan count.

"I'm very proud that as of today I have received more votes by the people who have voted than anybody else. And I am proud of that because it's a very close race, but if you count, as I count, the 2.3 million people who voted in Michigan and Florida, then we are going to build on that" Clinton said.

As Clinton campaigns in Indiana this week former President Bill Clinton is on the campaign trail in North Carolina. Polls by the Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg show Obama leading Clinton there by more than 10%.

May 6th is the day that Barack Obama hopes to beat Hillary Clinton in both North Carolina and Indiana. Obama is touring through Indiana this week. He says there's no need to worry about the unity of the Democratic Party and come November, they party will come together.

"I am confident that whoever the nominee is, that the Democratic Party will be unified in August and will be unified throughout the fall. I think that nominee will be me. I'm confident that we will be able to win this nomination. But we're going to work as hard as we can in the remaining contests" Obama said.

Obama says Clinton's Pennsylvania win was mostly because of older voters in the state. As the race for delegates and superdelegates continues during the next few months, the race for dollars will be the real focus over the next few weeks. Obama plans to saturate Indiana and several remaining states with tv ads. Right now, Obama still has a much bigger war chest, but Clinton took in more than 3 million dollars in a few hours after her Pennsylvania win.

And while money is king, a movie money-maker makes a choice. Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore is supporting Obama. Moore says his endorsement is more about the massive public movement for change that surrounds Obama, instead of the candidate himself.

Former Presidential Candidate John Edwards had a poverty tour earlier in the campaign and taking a cue, John McCain is touring some very impoverished areas. McCain says his tour of cities in Alabama are because these cities are often neglected by Presidential Candidates. McCain has asked the North Carolina GOP not to run a television ad. The ad is an attack on Obama, which features his former and controversial pastor.

: Thomas Buchok
Edited by: Jessica Holley

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