Hillary Clinton will end her candidacy in a speech on Saturday, according to this and other reports. It is a remarkable end to a remarkable campaign season which began with Clinton as the prohibitive favorite to win the nomination. Instead, a relatively inexperienced African-American Senator from Illinois is going to be the Democratic nominee. This is a great moment for African-Americans but, as so many things are, it is a double-edged sword. The historic triumph of African-Americans is also yet another denial for women. Once again, an older, more experienced woman has been denied a job by a young, attractive, charming, but less experienced male. How many women will see that narrative ahead of all other things? As Don Rumsfeld might say, it is an "unknown unknown". Since there is no precedent, we cannot determine just how many women will carry their resentment over this turn of events all the way to November. It is this factor, combined with latent racism, Obama's inexperience, especially on national security issues, and Obama's left-wing political views, which makes it possible for John McCain to win the election in the end. How many women, who would otherwise vote for a Democrat on policy issues, will decide that they won't vote for Obama? How many white people (and Hispanics and Asians) will decide that they won't vote for a Black man? How many people will decide that Obama is too far to the Left, or is too inexperienced to be allowed to become the Commander-in-Chief during time of war? All unknown and unknowable. This remarkable campaign season goes on, and more surprises are, no doubt, in store for all of us.

Was Bobby Kennedy's assassination a precursor to the world of Middle East terrorism that we've come to know? Some think that is, in fact, the case.

A view on how Europe will react to the next President.

Dick Morris and Eileen McGann believe Obama has already made his first big mistake.

While Ted Kennedy continues to recover from brain surgery to treat a cancerous tumor, some are speculating on how it might have been different if the United States had universal health care on the British or Canadian model.

George Will says we are getting the gas prices we deserve.

The local broadcasting community has lost a good friend. Jim Mitchell passed away yesterday. When I was a Producer at the old WHDH in Boston, we used to gather at a local watering hole with colleagues from the station and from the old WEEI (which was then an all news station at 590 on the dial, while WHDH was at 850). Jim Mitchell was always the life of the party. I miss those days. My condolences to all of Jim's friends (and there are so many), and to his family.