Obama throws his earlier pledge to accept public financing under the bus:
Democrat Barack Obama has said he will not take public financing, allowing him to raise unlimited private funds in his campaign for the US presidency.
His decision means he will forgo more than $80m (£40.5m) that would have been available for him to fight Republican [...]

With yesterdays primaries our long national nightmare now appears to nearly be over. The Lamb Of Chicago has been christened and his opponent, Hillary Clinton is all set to drop out and endorse him:
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is moving to suspend her campaign and endorse Senator Barack Obama on Friday after Democratic members of Congress [...]