Democrats, We Have Our Nominee. Hear that, CNN?

After the primaries of North Carolina and Indiana, the debate is over. Sen. Barack Obama is our nominee for the 2008 presidential race. Now I think somebody just needs to tell that to Sen. Hillary Clinton.



Obama took North Carolina by a huge margin, with Clinton barely scraping by with two percentage points in Indiana. Somebody could scream "There are more votes out there! Just look at all the states that have yet to vote!" But that number is getting smaller and smaller. If you go here, you can look at the delegate counter on CNN. I played around with it last night, giving every state to Clinton by 75%. She was STILL behind, needing the super-delegates to put her in the lead. That is the problem with the delegate counter, having no idea where all the super-delegates currently stand. But it is a powerful image to see, without a doubt. Obama is our nominee.

Of course, don't tell that to CNN.

It is a year of record primary voter turnout, with the American people seeming to finally pay attention to what is going on in D.C. It is also, however, a year of record ratings. CNN does not want to go back to stories about polar bears in German zoos, but as they refuse to grow a pair of journalistic cahones that would be their only alternative after this primary horse race is finished. They have no interest in paying attention to McCain as closely as they have Clinton and Obama; after the story of the lobbyist/McCain relationship was published in the NYT, the story everywhere else was if that story was accurate! (Go to DemocracyNow to learn more about that story, it's worth checking out).

CNN, like Sen. Clinton, is enjoying the time in the spotlight. But there comes a time when what is needed is a graceful exit, not a never-ending encore. The people have spoken.

Obama 08!