Great first step.

Great second step: concede.

Great third step: withdraw your name from consideration for VP.

Great fourth step: campaign for him enthusiastically.

The party ranks are closing thus she has too concede this week if she doesnt want more embarrassment.

That was just a brief moment, she is now saber-rattling. Denouncing diplomacy. Basically she is calling Obama's diplomacy bullshit.
And came close to the obliterate Iran statement (without using the word)

Same old bullshit.

"...to contest primaries with him."

Caucuses, not so much.

Ah well -

baby steps - I guess Hillary is going to get there with baby steps.

laters, y'all. got thangs to do.

Clinically nuts.

It's time to drop Clinton narratives, isn't it?

Clintons exceeded their own expectations last night- disgrace found new lows and blackmail became more public.

Well, for all of my bitching about her, she seems to be taking baby steps (as Tena said), so perhaps this is the start of the end. And, as Al Giordano from the Field posted last night, she seems to be following the schedule that he thinks she will take (he believes she'll concede by Friday at the latest):

http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=1312

And here's an awesome picture of Michelle and Barack before his speech last night (the fist bump):

http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/2008/06/the-clinch.html

I love that photo - I love the look on her face - they're not getting all mushy and kissy, but gesture is very intimate and supportive. They are going to make an AWESOME first couple, aren't they??? :D

Thank you for a small, but good first step, Senator Clinton!

Her supporters were at Obama's speech last night and cheered him on with the rest of us. We were a united party in St. Paul last night. Now we just have to wait for Hillary. I hope she comes around and supports her supporters as they have supported her.

I'd rather it be sooner than later, but a 4th of July speech from her could be dramatic and exciting. Until then, I hope she can be graceful and quite honestly, I hope she takes some time off the trail and rests up, collects herself. Then it's time to get to work in the Senate and for your constiuents in NY. There are some important votes coming up. I hope we start to see the Hillary I voted for on Feb. 5th and that I lost around March or so.

Until then, let's be honorable and respectful winners!

Obama gave a brilliant speech to AIPAC this morning as well, and yet Hillary gets the nod on the front page and coverage here. Whatever...

Anyone catch Lanny Davis on Larry King's show last night telling everyone he predicts victory for Shrillary in August. Asked if he meant Obama, he smiled and said "No, I spoke correctly the first time."

Going to be a long summer with this bullshit!

JOhn McCain just called Washington DC the "City of Satan." Lol. He forgets that he has been apart of the city for over 20yrs. what does that make him?

Her advisers said they considered the delegate numbers to be unreliable, even as the AP estimated Obama had several more than the 2,118 needed to nominate. They also believe that the DNC ruling in Michigan and Florida still weren't done correctly.

I am wondering, Is hillary going to take this to the convention because her advisers don't believe the delgates numbers are reliable and because of the michigan and florida ruling>?????

As a Clinton supporter...... I think she should drop out..... I don't like Barack Obama but i don't want the democrates to lose this general election.... it is time to unity the party..... I believe she needs to hurry and concede.

HILLARY TIME TO DROP OUT..... YOU DON'T STAND A CHANCE, ALL ODDS ARE AGIANST YOU.

I'll take small, but something. It isn't easy to have your dreams go down in flames in front of the entire world.

enought clinton. please please please enough.

Anyone watching John McCain's speech? He just invited BO to 10 town hall meetings across the country with an audience of 2-400 people.

In other words, after last nights debacle, he doesnt want to repeat it again. He wants to totally cut out BO "crowd energy" and speaking skills advantage and have the debates on his terms. IT WONT HAPPEN

Josephcast,

I completely agree with you and want nothing more than for everyone to unite, but when you have Clinton's most notorious talking bobble heads go onto all of the cable networks AFTER Obama became the nominee explaining their facts that Hillary will be the official nominee in August and the winner in November, you kind of have to put the blame on THEM!

Her own people are the ones standing over the bonfire with full cans of gasoline, it's not us!

Her campaign has been one pathetic tirade of sore losership over the last four days! They're the ones that have to get over it and lend to the mending process, but they won't.

Instead, they claim today that the pledged delegates are theirs for the taking in August, that Obama is NOT the nominee and they predict she will prevail as becoming the nominee at the convention, AND hinted they will be on the phone all summer trying to get SD's to switch from him to her.

Don't blame us, blame THEM!

DemCon Watch is trying to catch up on SuperDel reports. They have 7 more for Obama today, including Walter Mondale switching from Hillary to Obama in the name of Party Unity.

It isn't much, but it's something.

I guess "too little, too late" applies to everything she does.

I'm sorry, I'm not placated by minor concessions like this. It's Sandman time.

My friends, I think that mcbush is nuts. I am listening to him right now and he is delusional. What's with the green background anyway? You would think it would be red, white and blue with a big mushroom cloud or something. Any ideas? Thank you.

As an Obama supporter who is married to a Clinton supporter, I really welcome her statement.

No, I don't want her to be VP. I can accept that change in politics is better done gradually, and I wouldn't want to toss out the baby with the bathwater, but Bill is a real narcissistic pain in the ass.

We have Bush who congratulates Barack but not Clinton. Everyone should absorb that reality and truly consider her to be lowest of the low.
I think she should be considered for the post of a Senate Page when she returns to the senate!

1) No VP for Hillary; she's married to Bilbo Baggage.
2) No gold star for Hillary; she does not play well with others, having failed in grade school to learn basic skills: play by the rules, shake hands with the loser if you win, shake hands and immediately congratulate the winner if you lose.

I am a little bemused by the fact that this thread is devoted to Hillary's talk to AIPAC, when in fact Obama's talkpreceded, Hillary's at the same meeting. But it is Hillary who gets the billing, and no Obama thread. There is however a link to the story on the front page.

So at this point as far as TPM is concerned, whose views on Israel are more important? That of the presumptive nominee or the also-ran?

Throughout the primary, Hillary has made affirming remarks about Obama - but TPM didn't notice them until Obama won.
Interesting selectivity.

Thatta way, Hillary!

I think you're downplaying the significance of Hillary's remark. If Obama said the same thing you would be calling it a remarkably conciliatory remark that shows grace and dignity in defeat.

What? there's primary going on?

.