"Exit gracefully"? Graceful is not a word that I would associate with the clintons. They will take it to the convention. Let's just get it over with already.

"loath to!" Ah, Greg Sargent, you have done this girl's heart such good.

SHAME ON THEM FOR BEING SPINELESS!

Giving Hillary even ONE MORE DAY is ridiculous! She could have suspended her campaign a month ago and STILL been available if something terrible happened to Obama or his campaign.

We've given her EVERY inch -- it's time to support your nominee - TODAY!

Either way, Obama advisers aren't expecting any bloc of Senate endorsements today.

Emphasis on "today." Tomorrow will be another story.

WTF is this exit gracefully BS? What the hell else has to happen for her to do this. There are no more contests. This race has been over since February. She has had a THREE MONTH grace period and she has used it to be as destructive and divisive and polarizing as possible. Is this party really so inept and stupid that it's going to give her even MORE time to do MORE damage to the party and the nominee? I CANNOT STAND this weak, spineless s**t anymore. And the Clintons know that the Dems are this pathetic and are using manipulating everyone they can for their own purposes which is to make sure Obama is as WEAKENED as possible. They are doing EVERYTHING they can to keep him from geeting a strong jump start for the GE. And, rest assured, they will be sabatoging and undermining him the whole way. Anything any of them says about supporting the party or the nominee is a LIE and we need to get that through our heads ASAP!!

We junkies are now counting every second of every minute today; measuring every comment by or about SDs to figure out what's happening. But we all need to try to relax and distract ourselves (I know, fat chance). It will happen tonight, he will cross the line and be the clear winner of the primary race.

Tomorrow, Thursday & Friday will really open the SD floodgates. Yes, it's ridiculous that we have to watch the party tiptoe around the Clintons' egos for a few more days. But remember - Barack's the nominee as of tonight. No matter what Hillary does.

Make it a 3 martini lunch if you need help getting through the day. You've earned it.

When will my Senators, Feinstein and Boxer, change their minds, as Hillary reminds us that Super Delegates do, to support Obama.

In some ways California is so backwards . . .

Sigh.

Well she set this all up so that everyone has to be so very careful to avoid upsetting Hillary and Bill and their supporters that it is going to be anti-climactic no matter what and that's thanks to Hillary.

*sigh*

People tiptoe around Hillary as though she's the alcoholic mother passed out in her chair, and the family is being careful not to wake her ravings up and spare themselves the pain of her displays of unhinged behavior.

AP reports that Hillary will acknowledge tonight that Obama has won enough delegates to secure the nomination. Link forthcoming.

FWIW if you haven't seen it, Josh has a Washington Post piece on the TPM home page that offers a window into supers' minds as to "why the wait"...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202769.html?nav=rss_politics

First off, let me self identify as a die-hard, white, Obama supporter who has donated several hundred dollars to put my money where my mouth is.

Second, while I don't think either Clinton is personally racist, they have certainly allowed very very high level supporters to make essentially racist arguments. So, I no longer have much use for either of them.

That said, come on people, lay off the undeclared Super Delegates for a few days.

I completely understand why many have avoided public declarations. Namely, setting aside how Hillary and some of her supporters might react, I can almost guarantee that had a few hundred SDs pushed Obama over the top a couple months ago, the media would have portrayed it as if they were trying to push her out, regardless of what those who hadn't voted might want. Worse, the very independent voters who both parties need in order to win in the fall would have reason to think that perhaps Obama was selected in the proverbial "smoke-filled back room".

It has been a painful process getting to the finish line. However, that pain has been caused almost exclusively by the Clinton campaign's many tentacles.

Now, regardless of whether we think Clinton or her campaign have any grace, WE, the Obama supporters, need to act with grace. That means taking our cue from our candidate and his campaign. Quiet patience. This screeching at the SDs is exactly the opposite of the kind of new approach to politics Obama stands for.

Chill people. We'll get to pop the bubbly soon enough.