I'm Mike Fitzsimmons with commentary on 920 - KXLY...

Pressure on Hillary Rodham Clinton to bring the nominating race to a close is intensifying. Some prominent Democrats who support Obama suggested in a conference-call with reporters today that it's time for Clinton to bring the race to a close, but they stopped short of directly calling for her to quit.

Obama's efforts to nail-down the nomination were helped by his double-digit win in North Carolina yesterday, and a much stronger than expected showing in Indiana. Had Clinton won, or placed a close second in North Carolina, and had she scored a double-digit win in Indiana, the race might still have been legitimate. It isn't now. Now more than ever, Democrats are asking, "Why is she still hanging around?" They can't see any way that carrying on her campaign benefits her or their party. Dennis Miller correctly observes that if she keeps this up she's going to look like a stalker.

I think Barack Obama will carry heavy baggage into the fall general election ... a razor thin resume, rhetoric that he can't possibly deliver on, serious doubts about his qualification to be president, associations that he can't separate himself from, and an apparent inability to attract white voters. The cumulative impact of these things suggests to me that Senator Obama will never see the Oval Office without an invitation. I think he will lose by a significant margin in November. That means for Hillary Clinton, in 2012 there will be another opportunity to pursue the presidency if she plays her cards right. The longer she carries on this unwinnable campaign in the weeks ahead, the more she may limit her future shot at the White House. Hillary Clinton is no fool. I predict she'll drop out soon.

With commentary on 920-KXLY, I'm Mike Fitzsimmons ...