I agree with JP that Keith Olbermann's "over-the-top outrage" is a bit much. I think Olbermann would be far more effective if he were less heavy-handed. Sometimes, you get more flies with honey ... and Olbermann's chief appeal is his sense of humor. Unfortunately, he seems to lose that humor during his "Special Comments." If he kept that sense of humor (as JP does with his truly effective ironic wit above) Olbermann would be far less tiresome and far more successful in getting his points across.

That said, the fact is that the mainstream media have given Hillary Clinton far too many breaks. Seriously, the number and level of her gaffes rival that of George W. Bush when he ran in 2000 -- and Bush never, ever made a statement as hideous as Clinton's statement about Robert Kennedy's assassination. I know she's overtired but, as Olbermann pointed out during his show, she had compared her campaign going into June with her husband's and Robert Kennedy's several times without mentioning the assassination, so why would she mention it this time?

Combine that question with the number of times she has played the race card over the past few months, going back to the South Carolina primary, and the number of statements she and her campaign have made that seem to come straight from the Karl Rove playbook, and as far as I'm concerned she's finished. Not just her presidential campaign, but also her chances of getting anywhere in the Senate. Her true colors have come through, and they aren't pretty.