the day that the north carolina primary was held was known as super tuesday iii. along with indiana 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 jeremiah wright, and his lead in north carolina polls had been reduced to single digits, so clinton's double-digit loss in that state was a major disappointment. further hurting clinton's campaign was the time-zone differences, as the defeat was reported in prime time, and the news of the narrow victory in indiana had come too late. msnbc's tim russert was quoted as saying "she did not get the game-changer she wanted tonight."