Oh, Bullshit.

AP needs an enema to remove all of the bullshit lodged in its corporate gut.

Note the fuzzy math it employs to claim Obama has the nomination. He doesn't; the superdelegates don't count.

Bill and Hillary Clinton must really be appalled at the media shilling of this loser.

Campaign Notes.

If some Democrats are worried about the fall elections, perhaps they shouldn't have encouraged the two weakest (and remaining) candidates to run in the first place.

There is nothing that can be done now. Besides, as long as Clinton is in the race, Obama can't win enough pledged delegates, either.
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The Texas situation has turned into a royal mess. Clinton won the popular vote, but Obama took the caucuses and therefore "won" more delegates.

Something is horribly screwed up with the primary system.
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Now

we are seeing Democratic Party hacks are "deeply worried" about the primaries going on and on.

These people are morons, pure and simple. Thirty-five, forty years ago, they weren't worried at all. Having extended primaries makes it MUCH tougher for the Republicans to target the Democrats because they don't know how it is going to work out.

I don't see the two remaining candidates being joined on a ticket. Obama, for one thing, is a huge liability to any ticket. If Obama were the nominee, really and truly, is any self-respecting Democrat going to want to be on his ticket?

Again, the Democrats destroyed their chances because they thought they run ANYBODY against the Republicans and win. It's not going to happen. Clinton can give McCain a run for his money, and she might do about as well as John Kerry (though Kerry actually won in 2004), but the electoral math is going to have her come up short. Obama, however, is poised to be the first 50-state loser in American history.

In this related piece, there is no way either candidate will have enough pledged delegates before the convention.

I Say

let the race continue on to the convention, and then maybe Democrats will wake the hell up and reject both candidates in favor of a far more electable one.

Unlikely, since the party has a death wish, but I can dream.

Note the Republicans, despite some squawking early on about John McCain, have mostly fallen into line now that they realize retaining the White House is firmly within their grasp.

The Democratic Party is between a rock and a hard place:

On the other hand, should Clinton succeed in claiming the nomination based on the support of superdelegates, under conditions where Obama retained the lead in delegates chosen in the primary contests, the likely result would be the alienation of substantial layers of younger voters who voted for Obama.

It's there to prevent another McGovern defeat. He had tons of young voters, and, like today, the Republicans tinkered with the primary process in order to get the easiest candidate for their standardbearer to beat.
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Mike Gravel

has dropped out in case anybody noticed or cared.

Edit: He hasn't, but he might as well.