I live in Oregon, and like many Americans I wont even have the opportunity to vote for my preferred candidate. Hillary may make a good president, I can't really say. Maybe she really will follow through on her promises; however, the only thing her claims for "experience" bring up to me is that she has 30 years of being chin deep in a political system that I have come to despise. I try to imagine the year 2016 coming to pass with Hillary Clinton still as president (assuming an eight-year term) and I just can't do it. It is so time for new blood, new young energy, new ideas, new strategies, new paradigms. We've wasted enough time and squandered enough resources holding on to old tired ideas. The old guard neocon empire builders can't die off soon enough for me.

Time for a change.

Enough about petty plagiarism! Biden was pounded into the ground for a much more egregious case of it some years ago and yet today is seen as a veritable statesman.

Campbell Brown was a stupid moron to bring it up, and Clinton did herself no favor with that smart aleck "Xerox" remark -- you've got to have a bit of a light touch to reduce its tacky quotient,and she doesn't. And really, it was beneath her. She's smart and thoughtful; what does she need to say that kind of thing for? You know what I would have loved to hear her respond? "You know, Campbell,in retrospect, I realize Senator Obama and I really have a lot more urgent topics to tackle."

I would ask Obama and Clinton to please not go Rovian on us. Going off on silly tangents ("silly season" is right!) is a waste of all of our precious energy.

for posting her entire concession speech so we can see it.

Looking at it, we can see that it consisted of lines lifted (oh, sorry, "inspired by") three different sources, plus a reference to that one time that she cried on cue, all lashed together with fake "empathy" for the maimed soldiers that she sent to go die in a fake war.

It sure was a Texas-sized moment, when you consider that Texas is full of cowflop.

Obama's comments were perfunctory as usual, and you get the feeling he wants to end every one of them with, "But enough about you..."

Clinton's arrogance is a different kind - She and her husband have always loved their country, held core beliefs, and (arrogantly) believed they were probably the only ones who could implement them.

I can live with that kind of arrogance - the kind that has conviction at its core.

Obama is about Obama's awesomeness. "I don't care what I get done or whether I get it done - this is about ME being the one to get it done or not done."

Creepily, his fans are down with that.

I don't get it -- don't you think Clinton also believes she is the one to get it done or not done?

You are projecting.

you're basically calling him "uppity." Think about it.

such negativity! Anyone who reads either of Obama's books or looks at how he works and what he has done with his life can see that the man cares deeply. I also like that his rhetoric focuses on what WE can do as a nation rather than the "I can do this for you" of Hillary. If anything Hillary seems to be less graceful and professional, and more "entitled" acging at times.

Saying "No matter what happens, we will be fine" is much different than lifting a 30 minute speech almost word for word. If we have to attribute "No matter what happens, we will be fine" to Edwards everytime we say that -- it would be crazy! Who has never said that??

Hillary's "moment" was spectacular and shows she was inspired to serve, despite her advantages, for more years than Obama has been alive. I often wonder how she endures and this answer was powerful and moving for me. I know she will endure in doing the best she can for me and every other American.

The bit about "no matter what happens, we will be fine" meant she is professional and NOT a victim. It set the stage for assuring Americans that she and Barack will work together to bring this country back from the disaster we have experienced under Bush, in whatever capacity.

Hillary is the most compassionate, competent presidential candidate

get your facts straight before you spout off ... NO one accused Obama of lifting an entire speech. About 3 sentences were in question ... funny, just about the same sort of passage as in Clintons final flourish tonight.

First off, Hillary's "xerox" line went over like a lead balloon. People were booing. Especially as it was an attack on Obama for using other people's lines and it was so clearly a prepared line written by her speech-writers.

And your review of the night left out this amazing line by Obama on the need for our leaders to be able to inspire...

"Senator Clinton of late has said, 'Let's get real,' The implication is that the people voting for me or involved in my campaign are somehow delusional. The thinking is that somehow they're being duped, and somehow they're going to see the reality of things. But I think they perceive the reality of what's going on in Washington very clearly."

After mentioning all the major papers in Texas had endorsed him he added...

"The reason this campaign has done so well is that people understand it is not just a matter of putting forward policy positions. Senator Clinton and I share a lot of policy positions. But if we can’t inspire the American people to get involved in their government, and if we can’t inspire them to go beyond the racial divide and the religious divide and the regional divisions that have plagued our politics for so long, then we will continue to see the kind of gridlock and non-performance in Washington that has resulted in families suffering in very real ways.”

And with that, it was over!

Yes, Hill's comments at the end were warm and classy, but they seemed very much to say, (along with her brushing off the super delegate question) that Hillary was getting ready to call it a day and hope that Obama loses the national election so she can run as a class act in 2012.