Black Box Report

The end may be near and the final curtain dropping for a couple of area Democrats. Obviously, Hillary is the headliner here and I'll get to her end game in a moment. But while the New York senator may have done it her way, Rob Andrews in New Jersey absolutely has done it the wrong way.

In going after fellow Democrat Frank Lautenberg in the Garden State's senatorial primary, Rep. Andrews has launched a scorched earth campaign that burned every bridge he had in his own party, and for what? He has a snowball's chance in you know where of winning, broke his word to the delegation that he wouldn't run and then took a cheap shot on the age issue that nobody will, or should, forget. About the only thing going for Andrews is that nobody will be watching his exit, since we'll all be focused on Hillary's next move.

Unlike almost every other talking head I've had no problem with the former First Lady hanging around. She's toughened Obama up, gotten the dirty laundry out before the general and forced Democratic voters and party elders to make a choice in a very close race. But with Florida and Michigan resolved by the DNC, a decision has been made. After tomorrow night, if Hillary fights on she will quickly learn not many of her steadfast allies are so steadfast. Here's hoping she gets out on her own terms and brokers a deal in everybody's best interest, including hers.

Maybe she'd be the Democrats best chance in November, maybe she'd be the best president, but after last weekend, I believe that ship has sailed. It's been a heck of a race. I, for one, hope it ends now, not in Denver.