Gwen Ifill, this past Friday, took the words right out of my mouth: stick a fork in Hillary because she’s done. Except that she was referring to the elections and not Hillary. But that is what I told my daughter, the first Obama supporter who made me see the light. We laughed about my quip.

But my rich relations who live in Silver Springs, Maryland are voting tonight in the Potomac primaries. And it looks like another record turnout, despite the icy weather. He has made another clean sweep: three more states in his column. More trouble ahead for Hillary, because now white men are abandoning her. Black folks waving bye-bye with Hillary posters in hand. They attend her rally and vote for Barack! She has garnered only 10% of the black vote in at least one of these three-state primaries.

Whenever I've emailed my cousins who live there the latest Obama article I’ve written I remind them to vote their conscience — vote Obama. I know they will spread the word. It is not anecdotal that Obama will be the thinking man’s president. It is not anecdotal that well-educated, well-heeled, sophisticated men, women, and young people of all colors and political stripes are catching the Obama train and not looking back.

On the stump, Hillary was touting her strength against the furor of the GOP fight, but Hillary, clearly it is not what the GOP will do to you, but what the voters will do to you long before November.

Nightmare on Huckabee Street Over for McCain?

McCain also won three states tonight. Speaking of predictions (okay, really another I told you so), I wrote “don’t count McCain out.” And tonight when he spoke to his supporters he spoke of "platitudes." Calling Obama's campaign a "fairy tale" did not work for Hillary, and calling Obama-speak platitudinous won't work for McCain. Besides seeing McCain, down but not out, I also wrote in a comment that there would be a last-minute shakeup among the GOP candidates. I believe that the VP slot would be set for one man, but would suddenly shift to someone out of the blue. But that might be true of the actual presidential slot at this point. My man Rush Limbaugh is working overtime, another former Chicagoan, steering the conservatives, such as they are, over to Huckabee. That’s what's so strange. There is really no one that the GOP wants at this point. They are so unhappy. The Dems will capitalize on the unhappy campers on the GOP side. He ended his speech with "I'm fired up and ready to go." You got that right, McCain.

Dem Debate Coming to Texas — I Got This

The Obama campaign has already set up training camps in Austin, Texas. His ground troops will roll out and roll over Hillary's people. The other news for Texas: Dems debate at U.T. Austin on February 21. Tonight Hillary is speaking to supporters in El Paso. And if this crowd is anything like the large black crowds that Bill played to in states like Georgia and South Carolina, then the handwriting is on the placards: they will come to hear you speak, shake your hand, take your picture, take your autograph, but will they vote for you? Hillary was the presumptive nominee, the inevitable one for some time. I was a solid believer in her ability to capture the nomination from all comers, then I recalled that someone would challenge her. After eight straight wins Hillary’s work is cut out for her. With the Wisconsin primary on the horizon, the win that cleared the way for JFK and Obama poised to win, it may be the fuel that burns the Clinton firewall in Ohio and Texas. Everyone will be watching this one.