Hillary who? Obama acts likes it's over

[DeepModem Mom]

Politico: Hillary who? Obama acts likes it's over
May 11, 2008

BEND, Ore. — When the election returns filter in Tuesday from West Virginia, Sen. Barack Obama won’t be there. Nor will he leapfrog ahead to a later primary state, as he usually does on election nights. Exercising his new-found role as the likely Democratic nominee, Obama will instead travel to Missouri, a general election swing state, to begin laying the groundwork for November. He will do the same next week in Florida, raising money and setting out on what aides describe as a fence-mending bid in the orphaned state.

The travel schedule is just one mark of a candidate eager to shift from primary to general election mode. Obama and his aides repeatedly told reporters this weekend that the primary is not yet over. But the signs of change were everywhere during the senator’s first campaign trip after a big win in North Carolina and a narrow loss in Indiana nudged him closer than ever to the Democratic nomination.

In a two-day swing through Oregon, Obama purged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton from his stump speeches, addressing his Democratic rival only when asked by voters. Obama instead focused solely on Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee.

With the race moving beyond the confines of the Democratic Party, the tone of introductory speeches at events has turned increasingly partisan. At a town hall meeting Friday, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) signaled a bare-knuckles approach, raising McCain’s involvement in the 1980s "Keating Five" banking scandal just minutes before Obama took the stage.

Obama's campaign kicked off a 50-state voter registration drive Saturday. Aides are mulling a summer tour intended to highlight Obama’s eclectic biography. And on a personal note, Obama recouped a bit of his strut, the streak of supreme self-confidence that appeared to dim as he slogged through some of the toughest weeks of his campaign....

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D9833B16-3048-5C12-005B4CF2AD051E20

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. It's not? n/t

[Catch22Dem]

5. For Hillary supporters it's anybody's game

The rest of us are now focused on beating McCain in Nov.

[Clear Blue Sky]

2. That's the right move.

If he acts like it's over, which mathematically it is, then the pressure is on Hillary to concede. Not that that will happen though...

[Lerkfish]

3. its not acting.

its really really over.

[priller]

4. It is over

Makes me sad to see what Hillary has turned in to. It's like they looked at the recent Republican successes and decided to incorporate all the worst aspects of their campaign tactics. It's why Hillary's and McCain's attacks on Obama have been virtually identical the past few months. Whereas the Obama team took the best aspects (organizing, GOTV, small-donor fund raising, etc) and took it to the next level. There are things about Obama's views I disagree with, but his campaign has been extremely well run. These are smart people. Put them in charge.