Okay, I admit it. I was hoping Barack Obama would take Texas and Ohio the other night. It's not that I don't like Hillary Clinton - I think she'd make a fine president - but Obama's surge was incredible to watch. Where we're at now is sort of like watching, well, Brett Favre march down the field only to end his drive with a disputed field goal. They're reviewing the tapes right now, and we'll just have to see how the rest of the game plays out.

And of course whoever wins goes on to the championships against the Bears. Boo, hiss.

Anyway, I thought this OpenLeft diary rolling up the exit polls was fascinating. There's all sorts of intriguing data, but the part that caught my eye, naturally enough, was this:

Religion		Composite	Clinton	Obama
Protestant		21%	48%	46%
Catholic		28%	59%	37%
Other Christian		19%	35%	61%
Jewish		5%	56%	42%
Other		7%	39%	57%
None		14%	40%	47%

How crazy is it that Obama, with all his foregrounded faith, can't take the Protestant or Catholic demographics from Hillary? I'm assuming that the "Other Christian" includes non-denominational evangelicals, and there Obama takes a convincing lead. Taken together with his strong lead among the 3% of self-described Republicans who have crossed over this cycle, I'd say that means that pretty much every conservative evangelical that has gone Democratic has voted for Obama.

More craziness: after all the crap Obama took from the netroots about his faith speeches seeming to leave out the non-religious, he has a strong, though not overwhelming lead among that very group. Is this the "creative class" coming through for a new-style candidate? I guess we'll find out.