With Hillary Clinton projected to win in Pennsylvania, many Democrats must be questioning the candidacy of Barack Obama.

The Pennsylvania race was called by Fox News for Clinton about 45 minutes after the polls closed. MSNBC and CNN followed shortly thereafter. I predicted Clinton would win by 8 points, and she is near that with 76% of the precincts reporting.

By the way, the folks at MSNBC looked pretty sad about the announcement that their guy was projected to lose.

Obama outspent Clinton almost 3-1 in Pennsylvania and still lost. Clinton has won some of the largest states and has the momentum. By most accounts, Obama cannot close the deal. He has to be worried.

With some of the issues that have come forward regarding Obama, it appears the voters in Pennsylvania decided there’s just too much they don’t know about him. The voters have a lot of doubt that Obama can win in the general election against John McCain. Clinton added to that doubt tonight. Obama needs to stop the bleeding. He can’t just run out the clock.

Up next: Guam 5/03, Indiana 5/06, North Carolina 5/06, West Virginia 5/13, Oregon 5/20, Kentucky 5/20, Puerto Rico 6/01, Montana 6/03, and South Dakota 6/03

As it gets closer to June 3, the Democrats in Montana and South Dakota may see the excitement rise to the level we saw in Iowa way back on January 3. That’s good for them and for those of us who enjoy politics.