I second Amos. You--Carol and Jack--have earned the joy of it. And the rest of us owe you a huge debt of gratitude.

It seems clear Obama wins NC by about 16% and only loses to Hillary by about 4% in IN. That means he extends his delegate lead by about 20 tonight. And that's before any superdelegates officially declare for him.

Now more superdelegates will come to him. And if we're lucky, her funding will dry up. It won't matter how stubborn she and her last die-hards plan to be---without funding she will have no choice but to bow out. So this contest may well end before June---if the moneymen (and moneywomen, of course) get tired of throwing their money down a rathole. The only question now is when that will happen. I suspect John Q and Jane Q Public will reach this conclusion sooner rather than later. And the big money may even get there first.

She was the obvious and presumed nominee last year. And she's been outmaneuvered in political strategy--especially the realization of the significance of caucus states-- and outdone in fundraising by the Obama campaign, which realized the power of the Net both to raise huge amounts and to give huge numbers of ordinary citizens a stake in Obama's success. And on top of that Team Clinton has shot itself in the foot innumerable times--and run a needlessly relentlessly negative campaign, which has further lessened her appeal. A tip of the hat should also certainly go to Bill Clinton, who has shown himself totally clueless at crucial times.

It's also obvious that when Hillary finally draws the obvious conclusion and ends her campaign-- (no doubt, with a gallant concession speech)-- she and Bill can help Obama mightily in the campaign against McCain.