Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) won the Democratic primary in North Carolina Tuesday and narrowly lost to rival Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in Indiana, injecting a boost of energy into his bid for the presidency (NYT).

Sixty percent of North Carolina voters said the economy is the most important issue facing the country, while 22 percent named Iraq, according to exit polls (MSNBC). In Indiana, 67 percent of voters also pointed to the economy as the most important issue (MSNBC). Seventeen percent said Iraq was more important.