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Though it’s been a forgone conclusion for months, Obama finally made if official and won the Democratic nomination this week. And despite all the obvious liberal-greatness that Obama is bringing to this country, I think one of the most profound and subtle effects of his candidacy will be on the mindset of young African-Americans. Keli Goff phrases it nicely in the Huffington Post:

That today in the classroom of some inner city school there is a black boy who now believes that there is another career goal for him to aspire to when he grows up besides rapper, athlete or inmate: president.

The black community in America has been struggling for some time now, not really their fault, but they have been. Hope is a powerful thing, and now they have new hope. He has shown that the highest office in the land is not out of reach, and that’s a powerful psychological barrier to be broken.

Aside: don’t worry women, your time will come.

-A

No, not the new M. Night Shamalon movie, Hillary admitting defeat!  There are good odds it’s gonna happen tonight.  Under the headline “Clinton not Ready Concede Race” (stay with me) CNN tells us that Terry McAuliffe said today:

Obama “doesn’t have the numbers today, and until someone has the numbers the race goes on,” McAuliffe told CNN.

So presumably that means, she will quit if he gets the numbers.  Well Obama has gotten about 10 supers in the past few hours, and currently he’s 31.5 away from “the numbers.”  He’s probably gonna win 15-20 tonight so Terry better hope Obama doesn’t get 10 more supers today because if he does she’s done!  Anyway, despite this weird statement all signs point to Clinton dropping out:  she’s having a big rally in New York, and we all know what an important general election state that is, yesterday bill said “this may be my last day working on a campaign like this,” oh and also, according to AP, Obama has  already won:

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday after a grueling marathon, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.

Booyah

Today in Kentucky, HillRod said something that I found quite interesting:

“I’m going to make my case and I’m going to make it until I’m the nominee and we’re not going to have one today and we’re not going to have one tomorrow and we’re not going to have one the next day,” she said. “And if Kentucky turns out tomorrow, I will be closer to that nomination.” [nyt]

You’re going to make your case until you’re the nominee?  I guess we’ll be hearing her make her case for a long, looong time.  But wait, that sentence doesn’t even make much sense.  May I suggest that the scripted line she was supposed to read probably said something like:

“I’m going to make my case and I’m going to make it until there is a nominee and we’re not going to have one today and we’re not going to have one tomorrow and we’re not going to have one the next day,”

Now there’s a sentence that makes sense.  In the first sentence the “we’re not going to have one” part just doesn’t match up with “until I’m the nominee.”  Clearly she was supposed to say “until there is a nominee” but she is in such a deep state of denial that she actually still thinks she’s going to win.  If she really still thinks she’s going to win, we might be in a lot of trouble.  God help us, I hope her psychosis doesn’t wind up hurting the country…more so.

Former senator and early Clinton supporter George McGovern has switched his endorsement to Barack Obama and is urging Clinton to drop out of the race, according to AP.  Dominos falling anyone?

Update: Help push those dominos, donate to Obama now! 

Update: According to Hufington Post, Hillary will drop out by June 15.  Why wait so long?  She better drop out a lot sooner than that.  I think she will, if she doesn’t she’s definitely insane.

Update:  According to Drudge, “CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE: Hillary having trouble finding superdelegates who will meet with her… ‘No one wants to see her today’… Developing…”

Update: here are some quotes from IHT:

But Obama has won the nomination “by any practical test” and is very close to a majority of the pledged delegates, said McGovern, who is 85. Obama moved within 200 delegates of clinching the nomination with his split decision on Tuesday of a win in North Carolina and a narrow loss in Indiana.

It’s time to unite the Democratic Party, he said.

“Hillary, of course, will make the decision as to if and when she ends her campaign. But I hope that she reaches that decision soon so that we can concentrate on a unified party capable of winning the White House next November,” he said.

It is time to unite the party, let the floodgates open!

Thank god