Hillary Clinton gave a defiant non-concession speech, but the final curtain reportedly will fall on the Clinton-Obama drama on Saturday. Barack Obama isn’€™t waiting for the lights to come up. He has named Caroline Kennedy, former deputy attorney general Eric Holder and Jim Johnson to lead the search for a running mate.

But Clinton backers are saying: We got your veep and she’s “€œabsolutely ready.”€ The campaign to put Clinton on the ticket is being led by Lanny Davis, who has posted an online petition.

There is news tonight Senators Clinton and Obama sat down and had a chat in Washington D.C.

I have burning questions, and I realize not all of them are about policy or substance.

But…
Was there a hug when they entered the room?
Handshake?
I’m guessing no fist-pound.

Was it cold and formal?
Was small talk exchanged? I’m envisioning something like:

“So, how’s the weather here in DC?”
“Oh, did you see those storms we had?”
“Boy, I sure am tired from all that campaigning.”
“Tell me about it, I haven’t slept in weeks.”

I have no doubt when details are released we will get the standard pr push of “In a productive and friendly sit-down, the two Senators were eager to map out the unification of the Democratic party and to continue their hard work for the American people…” or some such BS.

You have to admit, you want to know just how ‘friendly’ it may or may not have gone.

The pundits cannot help themselves. We’ve heard every theory from pundits galore during the course of the campaign. And since the sun came up this morning, cable networks and pundits (myself included!) have been parsing every word, every sign, every move of the candidates and their surrogates about what will happen tonight. Can you say “feeding frenzy?â€

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