Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had the difficult task of making her speech without knowing for sure whether she will win in Indiana.

The polls show her winning, 52 percent to 48 percent for Sen. Barack Obama, with 86 percent of the precincts reporting. But it remains too close to call.

Still, she told the crowd, "Thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House.''

Yet later in her speech, she said, "No matter what happens, I will work for the nominee of the Democratic Party because we must win in November, and I know Sen. Obama feels the same way.''

She held out hope that the votes of Florida and Michigan would be counted and their delgates seated. Those states were penalized by the party for moving up their primaries too early in the nominating schedule.

"It's a little strange to have a nominee chosen by 48 states,'' Clinton said.

Strange or not, it's on to West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon and few other remaining states still in the game.

-- John Guerriero