Congratulations, Hillary...Now Go Away
Hillary Clinton has a lot to be proud of as the final two primaries are held Tuesday, but it's time for her to accept reality and call it quits. Fortunately, there are strong signs that she's going to do just that -- probably this week. Obviously, she'd rather jump on her own terms than be pushed out ignobly.
Clinton keeps scoring large, late-inning runs, and that's a warning sign for Barack Obama. But her final victories come too late to change the dynamics of this race. She can't capture the nomination, and that will be clear Tuesday when the last two states -- 1) Most of the 200 undeclared superdelegates, including a large majority of the 17 undeclared Democratic senators, plan to endorse Obama over the next 48 hours. 2) Clinton has dismissed most of her campaign advance staff. 3) She is headed back to 4) Many of her advisers and supporters are telling her it's time to quit. Note former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack's comment Sunday urging Clinton to quickly get behind Obama. 5) While she can take her challenge over Florida and Michigan to the credentials committee this summer and ultimately to the convention, her loss on Saturday before the party's Rules and Bylaws committee is a strong indication that she doesn't have enough support among party insiders to win any future showdown. Even Bill Clinton seemed to get the message. In his last campaign appearance in Neither Advertisement
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