In a move likely to demoralize even his most devoted supporters, Barack Obama today vowed that he would "stay in the race until the convention."   He cited his lead in the pledged delegate count and his superior fundraising ability, along with numerous other factors, to explain his reasons.  

R. Smorgasbord, a long-time supporter of Senator Obama, was quoted as saying, "Oh crap, anything but a vow to stay in the race to the end!  Damn, and I thought he was serious about finishing this thing.  But nobody vows to stay in the race to the end unless the campaign is in its death throes."

Highly-placed sources in the Hillary campaign suggested that in light of this development, Hillary was likely to retract her recent vow to stay in the race until the convention.  "If Obama is vowing to stay in the race until the convention then that opens up an opportunity we didn't expect.  I mean, we were basically dead in the water, but now that it looks like Obama will be dropping out soon, we may have a chance after all," said one aide on condition of anonymity.