Philadelphia (TPM).  Declaring victory in tonight's Philadelphia debate, an effusive Clinton campaign demanded that debates continue after Senator Clinton's formal concession, now expected no later than June 3.

As Senator Clinton stated, beaming:  "I know the odds are long, and that I have little. . . what the hell, no real chance of winning unless Obama robs a bank.  In fact, he'd probably go up in Gallup if he did, because I'd attack him over it until people wanted to barf on their shoes.  But let me get to my point -- the minority of the American people who support me over Barack really enjoy me tearing down Barack.  I could feel the energy when I brought up Ayers.  And that 9/11 reference really found its mark.  I won tonight, even though I can't win the nomination.  So there's no doubt that more debates, even after the campaign, though as pointless as tonight's, will both gratify me and entertain at least a fair number of Americans.  So I demand that they continue, ceaselessly."

Howard Wolfson, in the spin room afterward, renewed the demand.  "Senator Obama is wrong.  This is not a campaign about pledged delegates.  It is not even a campaign about a nomination, as that appears to have eluded us.  This is a campaign about campaigning.  Nobody can stop it.  It's a force of nature.  To be specific, Hillary Clinton's nature.  So yes, we want even more debates."

As Wolfson clarified in a later print release, Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge, and FoxNews have offered to host a rotating series of weekly post-concession Obama-Clinton debates, in states that might tip to John McCain in the fall, including Florida, Michigan, West Virginia, and Ohio.  "Hillary accepts this demand, and challenges Senator Obama to do the same.  Questioning by far-conservative icons in states with the same voters Senator Obama has disrespected will show that Senator Clinton should actually have been nominated, as would John McCain's victory.  We will vindicate the idea that we should have been the nominee.  Just you wait."