Here is part of Hillary Clinton's concession speech today, throwing her support behind Barack Obama and officially dropping out of the race.

It's not quite the same thing as dropping out of the race, but it is as close as a Clinton will come to it. Today, Hillary Clinton announced she is suspending her campaign for President of the United States. What's the difference? Just like Hillary said about RFK, something could happen to Barack Obama between now and the election in November. If something were to happen, she would un-suspend her campaign and claim the nomination.

Hillary will be holding a private event at her house in Washington on Friday to talk to her staffers and other people close to her campaign. Saturday, she will publicly and officially suspend her campaign, and endorse Barack Obama for President.

We know most of Hillary's supporters want her as Obama's vice president, but we haven't heard anything officially from Hillary on that front.

More news here as it comes in.

It's one thing when current politicians and friends endorse you for president, or say you shouldn't be running anymore. It's another thing when the party elders (who aren't your husband) say it's over. Jimmy Carter came out today saying after the primary season is over in June, it's time for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the democratic race. And next to Al Gore and Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter is the party elder.

Jimmy Carter also said "A lot of the super-delegates will make a decision announced quite rapidly, after the final primary on June 3". This is new and encouraging news, and it tells us there have been talks going on among party insiders about when they're going to end Hillary's race for the White House. "I have not yet announced publicly, but I think at that point it will be time for her to give it up", Carter added.

Jimmy Carter is himself a super-delegate who has yet to endorse either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Obviously that's going to change in the next two weeks. I think within 24 hours after the Puerto Rico primary, Jimmy Carter and possibly Al Gore will lead the way in endorsing Barack Obama. And 48 hours after that, enough other super-delegates will have endorsed Barack Obama too that he will have enough delegates to claim the to be the democratic nominee for President.

"I'm a super-delegate, having been president before, and I think that a lot of us super-delegates will make a decision... quite rapidly, after the final primary on June 3. I think at that point it will be time for her to give it up".

This is amazing. As we reported at Hillary Clinton's RFK statements, Barack Obama said he takes Hillary Clinton at her word that she didn't mean any offense to Obama or the Kennedy family. Now, Hillary is claiming that she is the victim of her own remarks. If I remember correctly, in Pennsylvania Obama said "bitter" but didn't mean it, and Hillary Clinton actually put out attack ads with this mis-statement. Just another reason Barack Obama needs to be president, and Hillary Clinton needs to get out of the race now.

First, Hillary blamed "people" for taking her comment out of context. And while the media did report it, almost everybody who heard it thought the same thing. That doesn't make it our fault. Terry McAuliffe took it a step further and actually blamed the Obama campaign for purposely taking her comments out of context. "If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn't find offense to it, why is it that everybody else should?" McAuliffe said. "They shouldn't. They ought to take Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- he did not misinterpret it or misjudge it".

While this does prove that Hillary Clinton is a fighter, it's exactly what turns off Obama supporters from her. She's a dirty fighter, and her campaign tactics are exactly what Obama is running against. It also shows she is out of touch with the majority of people, insisting we're stupid because we heard her words wrong.

As soon as Hillary Clinton drops out of the democratic race for President of the United States, we will have live coverage, statements, links and all other relevant information right here on this page.

It's not quite the same thing as dropping out of the race, but it is as close as a Clinton will come to it. Today, Hillary Clinton announced she is suspending her campaign for President of the United States. What's the difference? Just like Hillary said about RFK, something could happen to Barack Obama between now and the election in November. If something were to happen, she would un-suspend her campaign and claim the nomination.

Hillary will be holding a private event at her house in Washington on Friday to talk to her staffers and other people close to her campaign. Saturday, she will publicly and officially suspend her campaign, and endorse Barack Obama for President.

We know most of Hillary's supporters want her as Obama's vice president, but we haven't heard anything officially from Hillary on that front.

More news here as it comes in.

Today, Hillary Clinton made the following statement: "My husband didn't warp up the nomination until June. We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California, I don't understand it". It's statements like this that make everybody think Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race.

Here is Hillary's clarifying statement: "Earlier today I was discussing the Democratic primary history and in the course of that discussion mentioned the campaigns that both my husband and Senator Kennedy waged in California in June 1992 and 1968 and I was referencing those to make the point that we have had nomination primary contests that go into June. That's a historic fact. The Kennedys have been much on my mind the last days because of Senator Kennedy and I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation, and particularly for the Kennedy family was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that, whatsoever. My view is that we have to look to the past and to our leaders who have inspired us and give us a lot to live up to, and I'm honored to hold Senator Kennedy's seat in the United States Senate from the state of New York and have the highest regard for the entire Kennedy family".

Barack Obama does have secret service protection. She, and everybody int he world knows she can't get more delegates than Barack Obama, so maybe she's hoping for the worst for him so she can have her chance in the spotlight.

Here is Barack Obama's response: "I have learned that when you are campaigning for as many months as Senator Clinton and I have been campaigning, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make, and I think that is what happened here. Senator Clinton says that she did not intend any offense by it, and I will take her at her word on that."

Here is the video of her remarks


Here is here "apology" video

Backing up the point that Hillary Clinton needs to drop out, Hillary just seems to be in more and more debt to her campaign every month. Aside from the fact that Bill Clinton is worth millions, Hillary doesn't have the money to continue running while she's accumulating so much debt. But she's pushing on despite what the majority of democrats think.

This sounds an awful lot like the way George Bush is running the country right now. No money for Iraq, yet he's just pushing on and on despite what the rest of the country thinks. So when Hillary's campaign comes falling to the ground and Hillary finally drops out, keep in mind that's no way to run a campaign or a country.

Hillary Clinton raised $21 million from her supporters, but she spent $29 million defeating Obama in Pennsylvania. You can't spend money you don't have, that's not rocket science, that's entry level economics.