RALEIGH, N.C. — Glass-ceiling breaker Sarah Fisher, IndyCar Series driver and team owner who has done seven Indy 500 races, announced today she is supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

"Hillary will be a president who steers our country in the right direction and puts our economy back on track," Fisher, 27, said in a statement put out by Team Clinton. "Something Hillary and I have in common is our commitment to achieving our goals, leaving roadblocks behind and refusing to be knocked down. Hillary is a doer and a fighter who keeps getting out there, going for the checkered flag."

The Clinton camp sends out these fun facts:

She is the first woman to earn a pole position at an IndyCar Series event. Fisher is also the youngest woman ever to compete in the Indianapolis 500 at age 19 and the fastest female to qualify for the world's greatest race, with a four-lap average of 229.439 mph in 2003. She is the first female owner/driver of an IndyCar Series team and will compete in the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on May 25.

Also, over the weekend, actor Tom Hanks announced he's backing Sen. Barack Obama:

I have a story on the expectations setting game in today's paper.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Sen. Barack Obama will win the Indiana and North Carolina primaries tomorrow, a top supporter and former Hillary Rodham Clinton backer declared yesterday, prompting the former first lady's campaign to crow that if he doesn't, she deserves to be the nominee.

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Joe Andrew of Indiana, who switched his support in the Democratic presidential race from Mrs. Clinton to Mr. Obama last week, said on "Fox News Sunday" that his candidate faces "tough races," but will win.

"You're going to see him coming back," Mr. Andrew said. "I think he's going to win both because of this energy, this excitement, and because of the fact that people realize that he's got some real plans here, not just political pandering."

Clinton aides seized on the remark within minutes and sent reporters a YouTube clip. They also revived talk of a months-old Obama campaign spreadsheet that had predicted he would win Indiana by seven points.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the spreadsheet, which the campaign inadvertently sent to reporters, "was one of an infinite number of possibilities."

Read the full story here.

I also have a piece about the Iran back-and-forth on the Sunday shows yesterday.

Over the weekend, Obama won by just seven votes in Guam. Here is my story about that win and the Democrats' closing arguments.

Don Lambro also had a piece in Sunday's paper about the Clinton request for superdelegates to hold out until the voting stops June 3.

— Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times