It is official. We now have two examples of downstate races and the impacts of the two Dem Presidential Candidates.

In Kentucky we have a close race with the preferred candidate coming in second and in Louisiana the preferred candidate coming in first place in a hotly contested election.

First let us review the Hillary Clinton coattails:

The day began with hope and pomp. Bolstered
by the sentimental support from 157,770 fans and endorsed by
presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton and cheered by Clinton's
daughter, Chelsea

That is a huge crowd by current Clinton standards... but what follows seems to be SOP for the Clinton Gang:

She crossed the wire 4 3/4 lengths behind favorite Big Brown. Then, with the second-largest crowd in Derby
history whooping it up, Eight Belles collapsed with two broken front
ankles.All that heart and her gallant fight,
however, ended in the worst of all possible ways: a breakdown, an
ambulance on the track. And, with no other choice, she was euthanized
by injection.

Now lets go to the Obama Coattail Express where we have Cazayoux (D) vs. Woody Jenkins (R) in the special election down in Lousiana's 6th district:

The Republicans have been sharpening their message
against Barack Obama with $500,000 in new ads in the ongoing special
House elections in Mississippi and Louisiana -- a stark contrast to the
old days when Hillary Clinton was the boogeyman of Republican
advertising.

"I think he's the weaker candidate, and I've thought that for over a
year now," said NRCC Chairman Tom Cole. "He's very inexperienced. He is
by any definition liberal and to the left of Hillary Clinton, and he
will give us plenty of ideological divisions to work with."

Another close race with totally different results:

10:46 PM ... Cazayoux sneaks ahead with 79% of precincts reporting. A 3 point margin.

10:48 PM ... Flips back to Jenkins.

10:49 PM ... with 99% reporting, Cazayoux back up. Looks like he took it.

So there we have it folks. Hillary backs a newcomer to the stage, and the poor candidate gets literally slaughtered and the Obama backed candidate who takes a 30 year republican seat despite the GOP Wright stuff.

The update for the super delegates is clear: Obama is the rising tide, Hillary is becoming past tense.