I think it's over

[chumdawg]

I think was the day the hammer dropped. I think the race now belongs to Obama.

And I'm not just talking about the race for the nomination. I'm talking about the whole thing. What an interesting juxtaposition when CNN cut from Obama's speech to McCain's. If you were watching, you saw everything you need to know. Obama will absolutely destroy McCain in the general.

You can't beat Obama by saying that what he offers amounts to only "platitudes." You can't beat the surge of energy he is building by denigrating it.

And Obama, for his part, realizes the score. He didn't talk much about Hillary tonight. He talked a lot about McCain, though. Many people said that the Republicans would benefit from having a clear winner early on. It certainly doesn't seem so. The Republican race is over, and now Reoublicans have to face that sober moment when they realize that McCain is actually their man in the general. And there is no way for McCain to go up from here. He's only going to get less energetic as it goes along.

Obama, on the other hand, is still in a fight and will continue to be so for quite some time. America loves a fighter. McCain will get to play second fiddle for the next month or two, while Obama brings more and more people into the fold.

As for Hillary...the witch may not be dead yet, but March 4th just may see her final throes.