Well, Al Giordano, who has become a 'must read' serious pundit and number cruncher over at The Field with a pretty realistic handle on things, though clearly in the tank for Obama, sums it up pretty well:
There is no question any more that - despite the pronunciations of the dead-enders and the fantastic dark fantasies of some Obama supporters - we are in the end days of Clinton's quest for the White House. Within a week or two she will suspend her campaign (after, first, offering another bluff or two about "taking it to the convention" just to pull your beards one or two last times). Expect Obama to be conciliatory. And get ready for a great many Clinton partisans to warm to him considerably and begin to convert to his cause. Some of them will become his most enthusiastic faithful in short time.Others - personified by the few hundred crazies that got caught on YouTube yesterday protesting the RBC meeting - will not. And far be it from me to try to talk them down off the ledge. I don't mean to be too much of a sadist and be the first to yell "jump!"
But, that said: "Jump! Please!"
Discipline among all players and even fans is a trademark of any winning team. The Obama camp demonstrated that it has cultivated that kind of discipline among its rank-and-file yesterday. The other camp did not.
Al Giordano - Mopping Up: Transitioning Out of the Pre-Season 1 Jun 08
I agree, the winning of hearts and minds presumes them functioning normally. While there is much merit in conciliation and reconciliation at this stage of the primary, the general election looms. It is the main event and the challenge which unites us all. If it doesn't, there is only so much which can be bartered or compromised before the train leaves the station and that time is nigh.
Hillary supporters, your candidate fought a tenacious and competent campaign once she took control of it. She is to be admired and respected. But to try and promote faux issues on her behalf, or to extend them beyond their shelf-life and into the general election out of pique or ill-will is simply intolerable.
There are many Obama supporters willing to extend the olive branch and welcome the many loyal, well-spoken Hillary backers to join us in defeating McCain in November, as we surely will. Many of the staff of her campaign who fought so tenaciously in her cause will no doubt be joining us. To those in crisis, we will take the time and energy to talk you down off the ledge but if you insist on staying there and hurling insults at the rest of us or regale us with disruptive schemes or arguments with which you would attempt to squander this opportunity or thwart our aspirations you should perhaps reconsider.
There are only two ways down from the ledge and we will help you take the more comfortable route, but this is a busy time for us so tarry not. If, on the other hand, you are determined to jump you are on your own and you may as well go now and be done with it.
Update: To be perfectly clear this is not a criticism of Hillary supporters in general, far from it, but is a response to the few who promote ongoing, and counter-productive, angst here over voting metrics when the RBC has already ruled, continue attacks on Senator Obama when it is increasingly clear he is the presumptive nominee and declare tacit or overt support for McCain on a progressive Democratic blog during an election year.|
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