Opinions vary . . .

The exact same interviews and/or speeches from Hillary or her campaign or surrogates are being interpreted in different ways. She's ready to concede this week! She's showing no signs of ending her campaign any time soon! Well, I think Tim Russert has a pretty good pundit-track record and I agree with his take: there are plenty of undeclared superdelegates waiting for the exact moment that polls close on Tuesday night and all the primaries are over. They will then declare for Obama and he will attain (and surpass) the 2,118 "magic" number. He will then be the nominee. If she persists, insisting on her popular vote theory, trying to persuade delegates to change their minds, she will hurt the nominee and thereby hurt herself and the Clinton legacy. I haven't as high an opinion of her as others who think that she would never damage the Democratic party in such a fashion, but I'm hopeful. It could all be over at 10:00pm Tuesday night, or very soon thereafter.