The Writing On The Wall

Governor Bill Richardson endorsed Barack Obama today. Make no mistake, this is huge. Richardson was a member of Bill Clinton’s cabinet and the Clinton’s worked hard to get his endorsement.

Bill Richardson is of course a super delegate. After Richardson, expect the remaining uncommitted super delegates to move toward Obama and end this race. Since February 5th Obama has picked up over 60 super delegates while Hillary Clinton has picked up only a handful. That trend will now accelerate.

The Politico today also signalled the beginning of the end with a story entitled "The Clinton myth":

One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.

Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That means the only way she wins is if Democratic superdelegates are ready to risk a backlash of historic proportions from the party’s most reliable constituency.

Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote — which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle — and use that achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory. An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.

People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet.

I would anticipate the media narrative of a "close race" to succumb to the actual reality of the race in the coming days and weeks. The move of the super delegates – and I expect some more prominent names to endorse Obama in the next few weeks – will give the media narrative a much needed reality check as well.

My friend, and staunch Hillary Clinton supporter, Taylor Marsh also sees the writing on the wall.