It is finished. There are no more primaries, no more whining about Michigan and Florida. Even though she may not ever concede, Barack Obama says: “Tonight I can stand here and say, that I will be the Democratic nominee, for the United States of America.” That should be worth some interesting discussion and freakouts, no?
10:30 PM — Let us note, again, how Barry Obama spent five minutes of his speech heaping praise on Hillary, who wants him to die in June.
10:39 PM — It is kind of hilarious to see Barack doing this speech from the very spot at St. Paul’s Excel Stadium or whatever it’s called, where John McCain will whine about everything at the GOP convention in two months.
10:43 PM — Brian Williams claims the Barry-Michelle “fist pound” was supposed to be “private.” Well then they should’ve done it back at the fisting salon!
10:43 PM — Ha ha, Brian politely notes that only Obama’s speech was “enjoyable.”
10:45 PM — Which Wonketteer said this tonight? “This guy is really fucking hard to liveblog. My cynicism just … melts into my panties.”
10:46 PM — That’s right, Jim Newell wears panties.
10:46 PM — Chris Matthews is “tapping the glass.”
10:47 PM — Matthews: “This is camerawork and showmanship that John McCain hasn’t even started to compete with.”
10:47 PM — Brokaw notes that there’s a bit more than showmanship and stage management at work here, as Obama is the most talented politician any of them have ever seen.
10:49 PM — There are between 17,000 and 20,000 people in this Obama rows — inside the sports arena. Outside, there are another 15,000 people. Barry’s still working this crowd, and it’s a helluva crowd. We are investigating the number of people at McCain’s FEMA trailer bingo session in a grim white suburb of New Orleans.

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