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It'll be over next week
Per the Daily News, Team Obama expects to be able to declare victory next week with a majority of available delegates.
Obama's aides said Monday the freshman senator is "now just 49 delegates away" from clinching the nomination and making history as the first African-American Democratic nominee for President.
"We're very close now," David Axelrod, Obama's chief strategist, told the Daily News. "When the primaries end, I think, we'll be where we need to be. ... We'll be at the number we need to claim the nomination."
What comes next? The Washington Post and New York Times chart out possible courses for Senator Clinton; per Gallup, 61% of Democrats are confident we will win the Presidential election; and Rasmussen today has the race at 47% McCain, 44% Obama.
Almost there.
Once Clinton finally concedes
It's pretty obvious that the Clinton campaign has been getting advice from Karl Rove, since their tactics over the past month have that Rovian feel to them. But once she's out...
Obama has already begun to focus on McCain's massive effort to cozy up to the extreme right wing of the right wing party. This afternoon, for example, he mentioned in a speech that a McCain fundraiser in Arizona, featuring George W. Bush, had been moved to a private residence so that they could keep the press away -- a claim that White House Press Secretary Dana Perino later confirmed.
Obama's next step should be to repudiate McCain's "offer" to teach him about foreign policy. He should talk about McCain's support for invading a country that was never a threat to us, his flip-flopping on whether to talk with Russia, Iran, and other countries we're not too friendly with, his inability to tell Sunni from Shiite, and other knucklehead McCainisms. Then he should wonder aloud whether McCain needs to go back to school.
Then there's "the economy, stupid," where Obama can continue to talk about the McBush policies on taxes, energy, and many other points.
Moving on -- there's MoveOn.org's delightful new ad (available on YouTube). More of the same from the various grass roots organizations will put Obama over the top with room to spare.
One more note: A few days ago, on TDG, I did some electoral math (see the comment here). Today, MSNBC got around to agreeing with me. They really should be told that they're way behind the curve.
With Hillary and Bill
You never know. I don't trust them and I think they might just try to take this to Denver unless they get a swift kick in the behind by the DNC and all of us which they both rightly deserve.