CONGRATULATIONS BARACK!

History has been made, as the personally gifted and politically talented Obama, self appointed agent of “Change” has been proclaimed by news agencies as over the top in delegate count for the 2008 Presidential Nomination for the Democratic Party defeating the once seemingly certain nomination of Hillary Clinton.

While not ceding defeat her surrogates including husband Bill and Terry McAuliffe and others have signaled what can not be said while she is still trying to get a deal from Barack. That may be happening in back channels but it is not obvious that she will get what she wants anytime soon.

She wants to be offered or rejected for the VP slot and Obama will probably not make that decision soon. Hillary really has insufficient leverage to force him to accept her with Bills baggage right away at least.

Campaign funds are also likely on her mind as she and Bill have donated maybe $10 million or more to her campaign. Obama can arrange to have his campaign pay off her campaign debts, meaning she gets the money back.

On going power and presence at the top of the party hierarchy is also on her mind. If she isn’t VP, she could be in the cabinet, she could become Senate Majority Leader and she could have some “pocket vetoes” so anyone lobbying Obama for any position or appointment, will feel some pressure to lobby her at the same time.