has clinton crossed the point of no return?

the clinton camp has been floating the idea of a "dream ticket" with hillary as pres and obama as vp, but obama made it crystal clear yesterday that this would never happen:

"With all due respect, I've won twice as many states as Sen. Clinton. I've won more of the popular vote than Sen. Clinton. I have more delegates," he said. "So, I don't know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who is in first place."

and now nancy pelosi today has drawn a hard line in the sand with the democrats by saying this dual ticket is also impossible:

"I think that the Clinton administration has fairly ruled that out by proclaiming that Senator McCain would be a better commander-in-Chief than Obama," she said.

so, there will be no "dream ticket" with clinton/obama, putting that meme to rest once and for all. the race remains a winner-take-all, last-person-standing fight. with all of the recent statements from other prominent establishment democrats, the sharks are starting to circle, as the impression is emerging that clinton really f*!#ed herself this time by proclaiming bush-dog mccain more ready to be president than fellow democrat obama (and not only once, but repeatedly). and if her campaign keeps hitting obama with these types of attacks, not only will she lose the presidential nomination, but she may be nailing the coffin on the clinton's political career period.

and what has been clear to me and many others for a long time now, if clinton steals this thing, huge numbers of americans who are already hesitant democrats to begin with (myself included) will be willing to turn our backs on the federal democrats forever. only time will tell how this thing plays out, but i will just stay focused on obama's win, just as his campaign has always done, with a 50 state strategy, valuing every vote, every delegate, every dollar, taking nothing for granted, all the way to november.