Accepting Defeat?

Many sources now say that Hillary Clinton is about to end her campaign to become the Democratic presidential candidate in the November election in the USA. She has gone a long way, but her opponent Barack Obama has all but won the nomination. You can admire her will to win, most people would probably have backed out earlier. Now, the chance is next to none that she will win the nomination, after the final primary elections.

The situation is as if I would compete in a dog show, get a CK but become second best in my class - there is a theoretical chance that I would win Best of Breed anyway, because the judge can change his/her mind. However, the likelihood of this to happen is very small. The Democratic party has something called super delegates. These are prominent members of the party who may vote on the party convention and are not legally bound to vote for any particular candidate. If all of the super delegates who has yet to make it public who they want to vote for would suddenly come out in favour of Clinton, she would have a majority. Then again, this is highly unlikely. I would rather bet that she gives up soon.