As tonight's results pour in (gotta love Oregon's haul-ass mail in vote counting) and Obama soars past the half-way mark on pledged delegates, I was thinking about this race and what it has meant.

And I wanted to extend a heartfelt thanks to Hillary Clinton.

Please . . . hear me out below the jump.

I don't yet know who will win tonight's primaries, or what the spin will be. But regardless of the outcome I have a message for Clinton supporters.

It's time.

I have been an ardent Obama supporter since Iowa, but I have been disheartened by the nastiness of the Clinton campaign. For a long time I felt I could proudly vote for either candidate. I don't feel that way anymore.

I find myself wondering what could have been.

What could she have done differently? How could she have run this campaign in a way that would both make democrats proud, and also won her the nomination?

A few humble musings below the fold.