Jeralyn writes:
Or is she just trying to make sure the people in MT and SD have a reason to go out and vote and she has an opportunity to meet with superdelegates when the voting has ended?

That's what I'm thinking.

Women in SD are saying convention.  Even my Republican mother who I just got off the phone with says Hillary will tromp Obama tomorrow.  

Women running for office over there are thrilled with the campaign on the ground Hillary has run - at 16% of the legislature it sure as hell helps to have a prochoice woman showing how it can happen!   For sheer force on the ground Hillary deserves SD and has promised over and over there, after outlining her proposals for SD and rural America, that they can hold her accountable once in office.  How refreshing, at the state or national level.  We will.

Interestingly, I think Obama has been too worried about that and not enough about making sure he wins in South Dakota.

A big celebration in Minnesota (Next to South Dakota of course) when you LOST South Dakota is kind of stupid.

The Obama campaign has been too busy planning victory parties instead of doing the hard work of unifying the Party and working for votes.

The die is cast.  Like Bill Clinton said, it's a roll of the dice.

If only I felt that the Obama campaign was not an illusion, using its millions for viral marketing and media manipulation, the I'd feel a lot better.

Today's reporting lends credence to Hillary's refusal to accept the 2118 number:

While the delegate count was resolved on Saturday with Michigan's delegation of 157 people getting seated but with only half a vote each, some people were hoping that Obama would restore full voting rights to the delegation once he officially becomes the nominee.

He didn't address that issue during his speech or in the question and answer period that followed, but Democratic officials in Michigan have said they've gotten assurances that those voting rights will be fully restored by Obama once he becomes the nominee.

Yes, she should take a break.  Yes, she should consoldiate her campaign in NY (Why be all over the country now?).

But, she MUST NOT CONCEDE until the convention - IF EVER.  She loses all her clout, all her power if she throws it in now.  She can still pull this out - August is a long way away.

And who gives a rat's as* that Clyburn endorsed BO today.  Was that ever in doubt?

Obama would be wise to actually find enough SDs to put himself over the top before Wednesday, to eliminate any uncertainty.

I can see the steam coming out of Obama's ears now! The DC elites and the DNC must be steaming mad too. ROTFLMAO. What's it going to take to get this woman to drop out? Ha!

But I don't think she'll concede.  Or that she's necessarily giving up.  I suspect she'll take a break, campaign for other Democrats, attack McCain, raise money for other Dems and the party (and maybe to pay off her debt). She'll probably also keep a staff, although one that is significantly smaller and cheaper than her current staff.

Comparing this primary to previous Repub and Dem primaries is nonsensical. During THIS primary, Obama called voters "racists" for not supporting him.
Then Obamamites and Obamedia bashed Hillary for citing exit polling data indicating the "white working class" wasn't voting for him.
Geeeez, I wonder why.

The narrative has always been that Hillary is dropping out, dropping out, dropping out.  Any glimmer of anything that could maybe support that was trumpeted as a sign she was dropping out (remember her reaching over at the debate to tell Obama how proud she was to be running against him?  trumpeted as a sign she was dropping out ... two months ago, or something)

But she really is in it to win it and, with those Undecided Senators meeting behind closed doors tonight, don't think for a moment her Electoral Strength (and Obama's Electoral Weakness), the DNC's shameful decisions this past weekend and Barack's downward spiral (as well as rumored trouble in the road up ahead via tapes and such) wasn't discussed.

Unlike Brazile, there are Senators and SDs who DO want to win and may (gasp!) decide to back the stronger candidate.  The one who has shown time and again that even outspent and with a rabid media standing with shovels ready to bury her, she STILL manages to win those States we need.

My job is to gather my as much talking points as possible, boil them down into concise, witty and attractive slogans, and make them available for people to make the best bumper stickers, tshirts and coffee mugs in their offices. :-)

Your job is to use your strengths to Hillary's advantage. Contact and cordially debate SuperDelegates*, lobby local press (and national) about untold stories of Hillary's battle, write your own and send to the editors, use what gawd gave you to make this country a better place, starting with convincing enough people that Hillary is the best thing to happen to us since Roosevelt.

And Jeralyn's and Armando's job is to keep doing what they're doing - publishing the best and most honest justice blog out there (perfect for addressing the massive injustice of the primary season and beyond).

Just yesterday, Atrios was taken to task for implying that Puerto Rico -- having no electoral votes -- wasn't really all that important.  This would piss off Puerto Ricans who live in New York and Florida.  Many of them are likely to either stay home or vote for John McCain

So HRC should be thinking about repairing the similar damage her campaign has done to the self-esteem of the people who live in states like Wisconsin.  Wisconsin is a swing state and there are plenty of former Wisconsonians in other swing states.

This is the kind of work Senator Clinton should be doing right now if she expects to win the general election in November.

As it stands there are large numbers Obama supporters and people who live in (or are from) belittled states who are unlikely to vote for Clinton come November.

Her argument has always been that she's going to fight for every vote, and to me that means every primary/caucus vote, not every SD/political vote.  I think the avalanche of SD nods will begin tomorrow.  I'm sure she already knows the numbers, and hasn't persuaded any new SD's.

As you asked Turkana above whether she was stating her opinion or not, obviously we're all stating our opinion. But she'll give a gracious "thank you" speech on Tuesday night and suspend her campaign on Wednesday. Potentially Obama will go over the new magic number tomorrow night with some Congressional SD pledges, but for the most part SDs will wait until Clinton is out officially (if they haven't endorsed yet, it's clearly not going to happen before she does so).

Also as Turkana said, it won't necessarily be a concession -- and there may not even be any more than a vague endorsement of a Democratic president (as opposed to a specific Obama endorsement) forthcoming in the near future -- but more in line with what Edwards (very, very, very stupidly, given the early date and the situation, in retrospect) did. A mere suspension.

I find it interesting that the Obama supporters, even the tepid and/or nice ones are certain she's conceding.  But you're being so nice about it, aren't you, but yeah, it's just time.  Will you please admit that she's a fighter?  When has she ever left anything on the table?

In 2001, the Yankees and the Diamondbacks were tied 3-3. However, the Diamondbacks had outscored the Yankees 34-12 in the first 6 games. Unfortunately for the Diamondbacks, the Series was tied 3-3.

Do you hear that Mr. Ickes?

The Diamondbacks won the 7th game 3-2. The record book shows the Diamondbacks won the Series 4-3. It took some work to find out that they outscored the Yankees 37-14.

The 1997 World Series shows a different result.

The Indians outscored the Marlins 42-34 in the first 6 games.

No one said the Marlins had to beat the Indians by more than 8 runs in game 7. I guess that was good for the Marlins because the Marlins only won by 1 run. The final score was 3-2.

So the Marlins won the World Series even though the Indians scored 42 runs and the Marlins only scored 37 runs.