Race Winding Down, Party Uniting

The race for the Democratic nomination is all but over, and will likely be effectively over by Wednesday morning.  On NBC Today, Andrea Mitchell reported that ‘top’ US Senators (likely Majority Leader Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Joe Biden, Tom Harkin, Jake Reed)  will endorse Barrack Obama tomorrow, likely after polls close.  In addition, NBC also reported that Obama staffers have begun reaching out to Clinton staffers.

Further — Tim Russert commented on Today ;this race will be over Wednesday morning”.  We tend to believe that, but Russert’s predictions this campaign have been less than accurate.

Finally, former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a Clinton co-Chair, has effectively expressed the end.

Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor and a national co-chairman of Clinton’s campaign, said Sunday: “It does appear to be pretty clear that Senator Obama is going to be the nominee. After Tuesday’s contests, she needs to acknowledge that he’s going to be the nominee and quickly get behind him.”