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At The End

Barack Obama has won the Democratic nomination for President. Hillary Clinton congratulated Obama last night but did not officially end her campaign, saying that she was not making any decisions just yet.

With a split decision in the final two primaries and a flurry of superdelegate endorsements, Sen. Barack Obama sealed the Democratic presidential nomination last night after a grueling and history-making campaign against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that will make him the first African American to head a major-party ticket.

Before a chanting and cheering audience in St. Paul, Minn., the first-term senator from Illinois savored what once seemed an unlikely outcome to the Democratic race with a nod to the marathon that was ending and to what will be another hard-fought battle, against Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee…..

….Clinton, who waged a fierce campaign to become the first woman nominated for the presidency, spoke shortly before Obama at a rally in New York. Amid questions about when or whether she would quit the race, she declared: "This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight."

Earlier in the day, she opened the door to considering to be Obama's vice presidential running mate, should he make the offer, leading to speculation about what her goals will be.

That particular trial balloon is floating about everywhere since yesterday. floated by New York Democrats. I think it unlikely. The campaign has been a little to bitter and a far too personal. We'll see. Dick Morris points out that Clinton is still seeking the spotlight by refusing to simply concede to Obama and bow out gracefully. This is not exactly a recipe for a successful Vice President.

Instead of conceding defeat and campaigning for Obama, auditioning for the spot of loyal teammate, Hillary insists on keeping her options open and vies for the spotlight with Obama, exactly what you do not want a vice president to do.

I wrote quite a while ago that I thought Obama would be nuts to name Clinton as VP since he'd also be getting Bubba as part of the deal. Again, we'll see. But at least the race is over for now. The real race can now begin.