I'm not guaranteeing it, of course.  But her comments today calling Barack her friend again and ensuring that he will be a good friend to Israel was the first time I've heard her out of primary campaign mode.  She has tried very hard to hit him and sour his relationship with the Israel lobby and the Jewish community in general.  For her, that was a real break in the pattern.  A month ago she would have been talking about how Farrakhan lives in the same city as Obama and such.  

It suggests that once she lets go of this she could do a complete 180 and start opening broadsides on McCain and bolstering Obama.  

I have my own opinions about her politics that's for sure.  But she is a consumate politician and if she puts her mind to helping Obama, she may really help.

You're just not all about 'unity' are you?

Still, even now, dissing Hillary and suggesting that she is somehow 'conniving'.

What will it take to satisfy folks like yourself?  Immolation?

MSNBC reported that it was Clinton supporters in the House and Senate that told her it was time to go. Obama's folks were very quiet.

Also, the conference call with 8 pro-Clinton Senators came about because top Clinton staffers asked the Senators to explain to her what was going on.

I think that she and Bill were in such a bubble that they didn't understand that Obama was going to get so many superds yesterday and that her supporters in Congress wanted her to end it so the party could unify.

I'm really glad that Obama's folks kept their cool in this period and it was the Clinton supporters who sheparded this to a conclusion.

Hillary Clinton is a fighter.

She's the strongest legal mind of our generation.  She should be on our Supreme Court, if she's willing.

She has borne criticism and scorn--I'm talking in the 1990s--that none of us can even imagine.

She and Bill have raised a woman I can't say enough good things about--Chelsea.  Chelsea Clinton rocks.  She's held her head high and conducted herself impeccably...even at times her parents have not.

Hillary Clinton can wait another week to concede.  Once she does, she will be our strongest ally.  All will be forgiven.  I promise you.

But not much.  Looking at her career in perspective makes it very easy to forgive the last few months.  I'm going to laugh at every ad the RNC runs with her quotes, because it's not going to matter.

No one likes Grampa McCain.  He's only broken 80% in one primary--SINCE THE OTHERS ALL DROPPED OUT.  Ron Paul picked up delegates on Tuesday, for pete's sake.  His most recent speech was the biggest bomb since Hiroshima.

We are now Democrats, and the wind is at our backs.

I would - she has been fighting for us this entire time & she is ensuring she does everything she can for us with whatever power she has left. I don't care if I am the last person on earth saying this - it isn't about what is or isn't the popular opinion.  When I see someone standing up in the face of so much opposition & degradation for what is right I will always defend them.

No, it's me. I don't know where Universal went to.

Me too

She is one hell of a campaigner.  Just look at how strong a campaign both Obama and Clinton ran, how many voters they turned out in the primary.  Now imagine both of them pulling together on the same team in November.

McCain is toast!

Stay classy Z.

Determining elections and all!  How dare they?  Especially the activists....they're just the ones who care the most!

Not if he's smart, he won't.

care to wager on that? ;)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12126210 9484746703.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Clinton, who refused to concede after Sen. Barack Obama claimed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, will do so Friday, two top advisers said. Close supporters suggested she would like to be his running mate, on a unity ticket.

But close advisers to Sen. Obama signaled an Obama-Clinton ticket was highly unlikely. People in both camps cited what several called "a deal-breaker" -- Bill Clinton may balk at releasing records of his business dealings and big donors to his presidential library.

To be fair the original post did not have the NYtimes article linked (or the whole update for that matter.)  It was just ABC news stuff.

Yeah, and I STILL don't see endorse.  I happen to be wearing a blindfold but still.

could've done some good and helped her...instead it became an Obama-hate site. It became what it sought to oppose.

Ha!  HillaryIs44 is 404!  Go and check the site.

Hillaryis44 headline today:

When Will Obama Concede?

LOL !!!

That site was never about Hillary. I've checked it out throughout the campaign and I've NEVER seen anything about Hillary's policies or positions or even her biography.

It started with hit-pieces on Edwards and all the other candidates, then turned into an 'Obama is a criminal muslim terrorist weather-underground gay america-hating racist sexist idiot' site.

I just dropped in there for the first time ever. You wouldn't even know Hillary lost if that was your only website. But it did look just like a GOP site.

I'd love to see that picture, but I don't think its going to happen. It would only fuel more speculation about the "dream ticket" at a time when the metrics just don't support the move.  

Absolutely. She can't claim to have been thoroughly vetted but then not let the lawyers take a look through to ensure that it's so.

Remember, one of the vp screening team allowed Geraldine Ferraro through without checking into her husband's business dealings and that proved a hurdle and embarrassment to the Mondale campaign.

Me too.

Is it me, or is John McCain getting dumber and more confused as the campaign has progressed?

At this rate, he'll be at Bush level of oratory by the time the debates roll around.