Clinton: Unconditional Surrender?

I might as well record the news that broke while I was in transit from work: Senator Clinton is now expected to capitulate and end her campaign this weekend. If she had any intention of holding out for generous terms from Senator Obama, it was undermined by erstwhile allies in Congress, who decided not to play the role of the German generals in the Fuehrerbunker. To Clinton's credit, she decided not to play the role of the Fuehrer, but one suspects that that was never her part to play in this particular drama. She's no Eva Braun by any means, but maybe more like an Albert Speer or one of the others who was actually capable of realizing that the war was lost. It shouldn't be too hard to cast the lead role in this metaphorical play, but I won't press the point lest some random reader take offense. At the same time, it still isn't over until the lady with the cankles sings....