The results are still not in from Lake County, Indiana, but they hardly matter. Whether Hillary Clinton wins Indiana by 2% or 1% or 1/2% or even if Obama squeaks out a victory it changes nothing. Clinton has clearly lost the nomination tonight. For her to have continued she needed a big win in Indiana and a close call in North Carolina. Instead, it was the exact opposite.
It's time for Al Gore and John Edwards to endorse Obama. We really do not need to have additional primaries where Obama may lose and where media pundits will keep blathering about working class white voters. It is time for Hillary to concede.
It ain't gonna be easy, folks. There are a lot of hard feelings. Some awfully nasty things have been tossed out there by both sides. There will be a lot of hurt among Clinton supporters. It will be far easier for Obama supporters to be gracious in their victory than for Clinton supporters to be gracious in their defeat. And it will be a lot better for the Democratic Party, too.
It's not going to be easy in the fall, either. Anyone who is talking landslide is selling you a Brooklyn Bridge - with apologies to the nice folks in Brooklyn. You can count on the Gopper swiftboaters to do anything and everything in their power to divide the American public and to villify Barack Obama. Only if we Democrats are united do we stand any chance of prevailing.
Congratulations to Senator Obama for a superb victory!