Tonight, Hispanic voters are a huge story-not because they changed, but because they stayed the same. They began with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and largely stayed with her. As one of the top Latino strategists in the country explained to me a few minutes ago, Sen. Barack Obama is making inroads among younger, American-born Hispanics, but for the most part older and immigrant Latinos are staying with Clinton.

The Obama campaign had hoped that Sen. Ted Kennedy would be helpful with Latino voters, and he was-but only up to a point. He was unable to convince New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to endorse Obama. His best appeal among Latinos was on English-language TV. But most immigrant voters watch Spanish-language TV.

I am told by one of Richardson's closest friends that Richardson will not endorse any time soon. The next most prominent undecided Latino figure in the country is the actor Edward James Olmos. He is interested in issues-education particularly-and both campaigns have been trying to impress him.

No luck so far.