the day on which the indiana primary occurred was known as super tuesday iii. along with north carolina which held its primary on the same day, this was largely considered the "waterloo" of the democratic primaries. obama had been under fire for controversial remarks made by the reverend jeremiah wright and was not initially expected to do well in indiana, a state with similar demographics to ohio and pennsylvania, so pulling out a narrow loss was perceived as successful by the media. further hurting clinton's campaign was the time-zone differences, with her double-digit defeat in north carolina reported in prime time, and the news of the slim victory in indiana had come too late. msnbc's tim russert said that clinton "did not get the game-changer she wanted tonight" and "we now know who the democratic nominee will be."