she just told us it's "on to the White House."

I've said before while I'm for Obama (previously Edwards), I would support her if she were the nominee.

But in the words of Ferris Buehler, "are you still here?"

she is now in a Huckabeean, quixotic quest.

Now she just said "I will work for the Dem nominee..."

she's fence straddling. Don't blame her, but I agree with Randy, she's done.

she's behind in delegates, behind in national popular vote.

c'mon.

let's take this to McCain now. Obama's speech was awesome-especially when he compared his stance on talking to our enemies, as did Truman, Roosevelt, and Kennedy.

I like this guy more and more, and I think Hillary will continue to be an amazing, strong presence in the Senate.

Hillary has given a great speech.

Fla/Mich got to count.

Thats 2200 votes to nominate.

Clinton wins:

P.R.,West Va.,Ky.

Obama wins:

Oregon & S.D.

It's not over.

Its late nobodys called it

BUT

The oddest thang

Is the late night FOX thing

Talkin about Kennedy/Carter

CONVENTION

She's broke. Well, the campaign anyway and she's having to put her on money into it. See how long that lasts. If that doesn't speak to "electability" I don't know what does.

damn

like waitin 4 memphis

in '06 race

NO WAY

Ya think

Obama can win

OK we ????

NO WAY??

I'm BAMA game drunk

They aint called Indiana

YET!!!

Even Tim Russert says, "It's over. We now know who the Democratic nominee will be"

Congratulations, to Obamamaniacs!

At Atrios,

Tim Russert even suggested this morning that Sen. Barack Obama may offer to retire her campaign debt as part of an exit deal.

Got a New Year's Day hangover.

I enjoyed every minute of Indiana returns.

Good lawd I aint seen 95% of vote in

And still cant call it in YEARS.

OK Florida '00

Not sure what happens now

But the Clinton folks have got to be proud

She won must wins in..Ohio,Tex,Pa. & Indiana.

We move on to West Va..Clinton will win

Last time West Va mattered??

JFK...'60

We move on to West Va..Clinton will win

Last time West Va mattered??

You rock, Bill. But do you really think it still matters? I usually worry about things to the bitter end, but even I think it's over now. Slate's "deathwatch": (link...)

The question now is how to bring everyone back in.

McBush has one goal post in his hand; Hillary has the other. Together, the remaining white candidates will do everything in their power to prevent an African American from becoming president.

Also, I loved Bill Clinton's campaign for Hillary in NC: driving a pickup truck (shades of Fred Thompson!) and getting all folksy with the small-towners. Amazingly, it looks like the folks weren't buying!

Kathleen Sebelius from Kansas.

Time to move on.

Obama is changing his schedule today to do general election campaigning.

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson

I don't think the large lady has sounded yet but she may have cleared her throat.

TT, I wish it were so, but thus the Mighty Tim hath spake.

HRC is having to put even more of her own money into the campaign of late, and she still doesn't have as much as Obama nor does she have enough to cover all her expenses.

I do believe the throat clearing is getting louder.

Pam Strickland

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut

That's Senator Clinton's words.

According to AP

Obama is within 185 delegates of one magic number
to clinch the nomination..2,025

Thats without FLA/MICH

Obama is 368 delegates shy with FLA/MICH.
That magic number is 2,208.

There are 217 elected delegates still out.
(maybe a few more if selection process not
complete in some states)

And around 267 unpledged super delegates.

Does "until there is a nominee" mean

Until a candidate gets 2,025 delegates

or 2,208??

Thats Clinton's call to make.

It aint over till its over

But Obama can see the finish line.

I think Obama has HAD the nomination pretty much sewed up, but I've played card games where the deal was done but you still had to run the rest of the cards.

Smile and throw cards.

Hillary needs to "stay in" and raise money to retire her debt, even if most of it is to herself. She doesn't need to spend very much to campaign if she lays off the media buys and could finish after Oregon with a greatly reduced debt. What she absolutely must do is stay positive.

Unfortunately I see signs that her campaign can't break that old habit. Long term, I think putting her on the Supreme Court would give her an exalted position and remove her as a political problem

Obama may be alot of things and I'll vote for him should he win the nomination, but to say he is the only one who will unite the country, as many do, is disengenous. The Democrats are split right down the middle. I don't know if he or Hillary could unite the party, much less the country. That said Dems and others united around Kerry early last time and lost big. We'll see.

Dems and others united around Kerry early last time and lost big.

When John Kerry got the nomination, I thought, "Well, OK...He's way better than Bush/Cheney, at least."

Obama is, as Mary Matalin said, wide eyed and in awe, a "Force of Nature".

He got "WOW!"