Last night Hillary Clinton made a very difficult heart warming speech, after winning in the South Dakota primary, in which she congratulated Barack O8ama for his primary success. She then went on to thank a multitude of campaign staff employees, her supporters, etc. Hillary then ended her speech with not knowing what her next move will be.

This statement, which I paraphrased, has been misinterpreted into meaning that she is not conceding. Well, duh!! On the last primary day in which all the votes are not even counted she's supposed to come out and concede? No way! Why should she be forced, or coerced, into conceding by CNN, Fox, MSNBC, or any other MEDIA outlet's schedule?

In the first place, she had 18 million votes, which is about the same as O8ama had, so she must ensure that the voters that voted for her are duly represented by the Democratic party platform agenda. She will ensure that before she concedes Barack will unite with her in creating the Democratic party agenda. Just as John Edwards did before throwing his support behind O8ama. It's just the way it works, and she owes that to her supporters.

Secondly, is the possibility of a political appointment amongst the O8ama administration. She will need to think out how she feels about a potential request from Barack O8ama. That's only natural. How would she fit into his administration and/or is that what she wants to do with her future, not to mention the political capital that she has developed through this campaign.

Lastly, is the fact that she does not need to concede in a negative 'I lost and Barack won' fashion. In my mind she conceded on Tuesday night when she congratulated O8ama and thanked all of her staff and supporters. It has been a long, very long, hard campaign. Give her a break and allow her to assess where she goes from here. All of this talk that she did not concede was generated by the media that is hoping that she will do as Harold Ickes warned and take her fight to Denver.

Beware the media hype because that is precisely what this concession, no concession, story is about.

I often times post some of my poetry and do not know why I did not post this poem because I specifically like what it means about the love that ALL mothers present to their children, and how we children adapt to the will of our mothers without even realizing we are adapting; intuitively! I hope you enjoy this poem!

Mom's Debt You may post a comment on my blog if you desire as we cannot access my PB blog.

(NRSV) For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot would say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear would say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many members, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and those members of the body that we think less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect; whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

In reference to Hillary's latest attempt at irrationalization in which she tried to purport that some choose to live in an illusionary world I have this to say. Yep, she's right, we're not going to wave the magic wand and all the lobbyist' will disappear. Especially when the said lobbyist' are in her back pocket.

Oh, that's right, damn, her campaign's broke isn't it? No Mo' lobbyist money there, it's all used up, gone, like the clean air over the Potomac; gone. Using her own money to fund her campaign now, she is. But that Obama, huh, he's the money laundering kingpin of the lobbyist' dreams. Look at all the money he took in last month alone. Ah, yes, now we see why she cried broke last month.

This is all I have to say to Hillary's latest gaffe:

John 20:19-23 (NRSV)

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

Exit polls: Obama stealing Clinton's base

Posted: 08:23 PM ET (CNN) —

Barack Obama did well with Virginia Democrats across both race and gender lines, and seems to be eating away at Hillary Clinton's backbone of support: women. According to exit polls, Obama won nearly 60 percent of the female vote, a demographic that has carried Clinton to success in past primaries. Clinton even fared worse among men in Virginia – more than two-thirds chose Obama. Meanwhile, the Illinois senator scored his highest percentage of African-American support to date — winning close to 90 percent of that voting bloc. And the two evenly split the white vote as whole, even though in past primaries Clinton has held a slight edge among white voters. The only demographic Clinton won in Virginia was among white women, who broke for her over Obama by 10 points. But that margin is significantly smaller than the national average on Super Tuesday. She beat Obama among white women by 25 points then, according to national exit polls.

– CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Moone

We all know the ambiguity of Joe Lieberman, right? We all know the underhanded tactics he took to win his reelection campaign in 2006. What happens if he decides to join forces with McCain, as an independent, to run as McCain's VP. Does anybody perceive this as a potentiality?

CNN reports that with 44% of the precincts reporting Obama has 57% and Clinton has 42% in the Maine caucus. I was over at the local caucus today, in Old Orchard Beach, and Hillary actually won by seven votes; 150 - 143, with 5 undecided.

I do not think the town expected such a large turnout. They originally had the caucus scheduled for the Middle school cafeteria, and then switched the location to the Gym.

Go Obama!