It seems to me that the last two months of the Democratic presidential race have played out exactly as most observers predicted after Obama’s narrow win on Super Tuesday (Feb. 5).

In other words, we’ve known all along that Obama was going to rack up victories in February. Clinton was going to win Pennsylvania. Obama, North Carolina. And Indiana was going to be close.

So why the sudden decision now that the race is over? It seems to me that if we were content to let this thing drag out for months and months, it’s just respectful to give Hillary the chance to see things through until she’s satisfied. What’s an extra two to six weeks at this point?

Anyway, if this race really is over, hats off to Hillary. She ran a great campaign and energized millions of Democratic voters. I was always moved by the stories of 90-year-old grandmas who remember a time before women could vote at all and were awestruck by one of their own running for President.

Now, let’s go out and stop McCain before he tricks another American into liking him.