We Have a Nominee

At least according to Matt Drudge on the right and Tim Russert & George Stephanopoulos on the left. Former Clinton Communication director Stephanopoulos calling for Hilliary to step aside must have stung.

The political reality is Sen Clinton needed a knock out win in both Indiana and North Carolina, she did not get one. She lost N.C. by a landslide and eked out a 1.5 point victory in Indiana. She will finish the night farther behind Obama in the delegate count. As Russert said above "it aint going to happen"

Late word tonight Hilliary and Bill have once again reached into their personal fortune to pay overdue campaign bills and more important...

All media appearances have been canceled for the rest of the week.



Sometimes a Perfect Storm arises and you find it impossible to prepare for, truly a sad end for the "presumptive nominee" You have to give Sen.Clinton credit she ran a great campaign unfortunately the candidate was not that popular.

And she had the bad luck to be running against a "media superstar".

What about Indiana where Clinton won a squeaker, do you know how she won?

Votes form Rush DITTO heads the drones who do what ever Limbaugh orders,,

Limbaugh has been urging right-wingers to vote against Obama

1. There really has never been any question that Senator Clinton would win Indiana, where she has the support of Senator Evan Bayh’s political operation and the demographics heavily favor her. But we saw today that perhaps her strongest asset was that Republicans believe she’ll be an easier opponent to beat in November.

2. Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh has been urging his listeners to cross over and vote in the Democratic primary in Indiana to help Clinton’s chances at becoming the nominee.

3. Reports from Indiana polling places confirmed that record numbers of Republicans were taking Democratic ballots to vote against Obama. And Limbaugh himself bragged about the success of his effort on his radio show today.

Republicans are desperate to face Clinton, because they know Obama will be harder to beat

4. Let’s be very clear: the Republicans want to face Senator Clinton in November, because they know that Senator Obama will be a stronger nominee for the Democrats, and will help Democratic candidates down the ballot. Republicans are so scared of Obama that they’re actually skipping their own primary to vote against him.

5. That’s a stunning testament to the threat that Obama will pose to Republicans come fall.

6. If I were the Clinton campaign, I don’t think I’d be celebrating too hard tonight. Winning a state on the strength of voters who want to see you defeated isn’t exactly the kind of win you want—or the message you want to send to superdelegates.

7. This afternoon, top Clinton advisor Harolk Ickes said that if Barack Obama were the nominee, there might be a so-called “October surprise” that would hand the election the Republicans. Using this kind of fear tactic is simply beyond the pale—and a total distortion.

8. To suggest that Clinton would somehow offer less risk of an October surprise—at the same time as Republicans are actively working to see her nominated—is certainly curious.

Not the tactics Democrats want to see for sure but...

9. leaving that aside, this simply isn’t the kind of tactic that Democratic voters and superdelegates want to say. As President Bill Clinton himself said a couple of years ago, “if one candidate's appealing to your fears and the other one's appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.”

Right Bill which is why Barack Obama will be the nightmare candidate for Republicans this fall. (DH)

UPDATE: from the America Blog

BREAKING: Wesley Clark reportedly called Hillary tonight, urging her to drop out
by · 5/07/2008 02:13:00 AM ET · Link

We've just been told that General Wesley Clark, a strong Clinton supporter and fellow Arkansan, called Hillary tonight to tell her it's over.

In addition to our source, the king of the pundits, Mark Halperin, drops a tantalizing hint that something might be up with Clark:

"The biggest question: Will any of her supporters (including Wes Clark) say publicly or privately she should quit?"

We like General Clark here at AMERICAblog, and have a bit of a history with him. So we hope what we're hearing is true. But the general better watch it - this could be his most dangerous mission to date. When you take on the Clintons, the sniper fire is real.

My observation Gen Clark want to be Obamas V.P. good counter punch to McCain get a respected General on Obamas ticket.