I’m calling it for Obama already.
Newsflash: the campaigns for the presidential term starting in 2009 are over and done. Obama won it by a vast margin on Tuesday, March 18th when he made his “More Perfect Union” speech in Philadelphia.
At this point Clinton and McCain are simply going through the motions to save a little face.
We should all be trying to figure out how to make his first term as successful as is possible given the huge and difficult to repair damage that the Bush administration has left us.
Update: So it turns out that I am not alone in this sentiment and prediction. Other, much more prolific writers than me have expressed similar opinions:
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on May 7th, 2008 at 10:27 am
[...] Unless a candidate drops out, or huge numbers of super delegates decide; this race continues with ever diminishing returns and fewer surprises that matters. It was decided long ago, this process is important, but just the proof of what the mathematicians knew the morning of March 19th. Obama will be the nominee, and likely, our next President. Predicted, by me, back on March 20th. [...]