…whether Hillary Clinton and her supporters (see her chairman Terry McAuliffe as an extreme example) are willing to admit it or not. Tonight’s 2 primaries plus a flood of superdelegates have ensured that. Here is his victory speech:

I do believe Hillary will concede in the next few days. I can’t believe she would continue fighting on and risk splitting her own party with Obama having clinched the nomination. Tonight’s speech by her was about bravado and not bringing her own supporters down (MSNBC was reporting that the room Hillary in didn’t have working cellphone, tv or laptop access so that none of her supporters knew that Obama had already clinched the nomination - not sure if that’s true, but rather bizarre. I suppose if you want to keep your supporter’s spirits up, imposing a blackout on bad news is one way to do it).

Oh.. and be patient with the video.. the server is extremely clogged as of tonight when I posted the link for this, as you would expect.

I know there are still Clinton supporters, even up here, that are still claiming Clinton still has a shot at winning, or even claiming that the remaining Democratic super delegates may yet still change their mind, but the numbers don’t lie. Clinton’s run is nearing an end. When the last contests end, Obama will be tantalizingly within reach of the magic number. Anyone who thinks the remaining supers are going to suddenly move to Hillary, particularly with her latest Robert Kennedy gaffe, is dreaming.

UPDATE: Best response I’ve seen to Hilary’s rationalization of this and her subsequent apology:

It looks like many of Hillary Clinton’s apologists and several political pundits claim that her assassination remarks can be explained because of fatigue. Perhaps. In fact, it’s likely.
But won’t she be fatigued at 3 a.m. in the morning?

UPDATE@May 25, 11:13pm: 3 more super-delegates from Hawaii have declared for Obama. The number for Obama to officially declare victory draws closer.