THE iPINIONS JOURNAL: Barack Obama clinches historic Democratic presidential nomination!

Nothing would make me prouder than to see a black man at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket in 2008.

[It’s TIME: Run Obama Run! The iPINIONS Journal, 24 October 2006]

In a feat that is tantamount to David defeating two tag-teaming Goliaths, Barack Obama has now defeated Hillary (and Bill) Clinton to become the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee.

Because of you, tonight I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for the president of the United States of America.

[Barack Obama claiming victory in St. Paul Minnesota last night]

He finally clinched the nomination after securing enough delegates yesterday to surpass the 2,118 needed to declare victory. This finally comes five months after the first primary votes were cast in Iowa and five months before votes will be cast in the November presidential election.

Of course, as the opening quote indicates, I am especially proud of Obama’s accomplishment because he is now the first black (indeed the first non-white) candidate in U.S. history to win the nomination of any major party to become the president of the United States.

Meanwhile, without any hint of irony and showing no trace of grace, Hillary Clinton has already begun spinning the presumption that, in order to win the presidency, Obama would have to choose her as his VP running mate. And, given how entitled she felt she was to the presidency, just imagine how entitled she feels she is to the vice presidency....

But I urge you to read the related articles below to see why I think Obama would be a fool to do so. Because there’s no greater indication of her pathological sense of entitlement than the fact that she refused to concede defeat last night. Instead, she gave a speech that made it seem like she, not he, was the putative nominee: talk about delusional narcissism.

At any rate, here's to the ascension of Obama as the new leader of the Democratic Party, and to the end of Bill and Hillary's self-indulgent reign over this party.

Finally, let us pray that his Secret Service bodyguards will now redouble their efforts to protect him. Because the last thing America needs right now is another assassination that triggers all of the lost hope and incendiary rage of the killing of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr...combined!

NOTE: It is now more important than ever for Republican nominee John McCain to pick a minority running mate, like Condoleezza Rice, if he wants to have any chance of defeating Obama in November.

Given the momentary vindication of the troop surge in Iraq, which he credits for his political resurgence, he would do well to choose Condoleezza Rice as his VP running mate….

[John McCain clinches Republican nomination, The iPINIONS Journal, 13 February 2008]