Clinton Close to Conceding

Hillary Clinton is close to conceding the nomination to Barack Obama, according to highly placed sources.

And on NBC Today show, Terry McAuliffe said that when Barack Obama has the majority of delegates "...Hillary Clinton will congratulate him and call him the nominee."

This may come quicker than expected, with Superdelegates lining up to back Obama and give him enough delegates to clinch the nomination.

This is despite Clinton's win in Puerto Rico on Sunday, and her statements there that she would be continuing in the race.

Hillary's continual refusal to withdraw from the race despite being well behind Obama on the delegate count, has become a major negative for Clinton and her reputation.

If Hillary were to concede today or very soon, it would go a long way to healing the differences between the Obama and Clinton camps, and give Obama a clear run at McCain in the fall.

The next major question will be, is Hillary a chance to secure the VP spot from Obama?

Obama Hits the Lead in Superdelegates

Barack Obama has hit the lead in superdelegates according to Associated Press, after he picked up more support from delegates from Utah, Ohio and Arizona, and two from the Virgin Islands. The latter two will be a blow for Clinton, as they were previously supporting her.

Obama picked up 9 endorsements on Friday, which has put him at 276 to 271.5 according to Associated Press. Other news organisations have Obama only a few delegates behind Clinton in their counts.

As the next week progresses, expect to see even more pledging for Obama. As it becomes more and more likely that he will secure the nomination, superdelegates wont want to be left behind in this race. They will want to pick a winner, and holding out any longer will not be of any benefit to them.

Since Obama's win in North Carolina last week, and ultra close result in Indiana, Obama has secured an extra 21 superdelegates to Clinton's 2. That is a massive result for Obama.

The next week will be crucial for Clinton - expect to see more and more national Democratic leaders calling for her to throw in the towel. Have no doubt, there will be some serious discussions behind the scenes to stitch up something for Clinton.

While Clinton has said that she will continue until June 3, we are still predicting here that she will withdraw before then. Stay tuned.

It's Nearly Over for Clinton

After Barack Obama's resounding win in North Carolina and a very close result in Indiana, the media pack and close advisors to Hillary Clinton are urging her to pull out of the race, for the sake of the Democratic Party.

The media have now started to take the view that Hillary cant win the nominaation, with Obama surging ahead with pledged delegates, and more superdelegates by the day.

And close advisors and supporters of Hillary Clinton, George McGovern and Dianne Feinstein have both told her that she should quit. McGovern, the Democratic nominee in 1972, said "there comes a time, even in a good vigorous campaign, that you have to start thinking about the general election. Barack seems to have an insurmountable lead."

In a further blow, it has been revealed that over the last month, Hillary lent her own campaign another $6.4 million, bringing her total of lent funds this year to over $12 million.

Hillary appears to want to continue, but over the next few days it will become clear that she has few supporters left in the senior ranks of the Democrats.

Its just a hunch, but we may be seeing an announcement from the Clinton campaign very shortly.