anyway, it looks like the superdelegates are saying it's time.
the hill: Most pro-Clinton lawmakers clung to the disappearing hope that she could pull off a come-from-behind victory.
One, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), invoked the image of a quarterback with just enough time for a final 90-yard drive for the winning score, saying, “We’ve got to play the fourth quarter.”
But uncommitted superdelegates such as Miller say they now expect Obama to win the nomination.
The sense of inevitability led some Clinton backers to question her continued resistance. One of her most respected supporters, former Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, announced early Wednesday that he was switching his endorsement to Obama and said the time had come to unite the party.
Rep. Dale Kildee, a Clinton supporter from Michigan, which Clinton won with 55 percent of the vote, said she should halt her campaign and carefully consider whether it makes sense to keep going.
“I urge her to take the day off and think very seriously about doing what’s best for the country and best for the party,” said Kildee.
He added, “I got straight A’s in math,” implying that Obama’s delegate lead is impossible for Clinton to overcome in the few primaries left.
Clinton is expected to fall even further behind Obama in the delegate race after losing North Carolina by 14 percentage points and only just winning Indiana by a few points.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a prominent supporter from California, which Clinton also won, said Clinton needs to explain how the nomination remains within reach and why her presidential ambition has not now become damaging to the party.
“I, as you know, have great fondness and great respect for Sen. Clinton and I’m very loyal to her,” said Feinstein. “Having said that, I’d like to talk with her and [get] her view on the rest of the race and what the strategy is.
hillary's wavering allies
obama gets a florida add-on super: dan gelber. what is an add-on you say?
obama's reportedly meeting with 80 supers today.
