Dodd and Leahy: Wake up, it's over.

"I think the race has been determined, anyway, at this point. I think it’s very difficult to imagine how anyone can believe that Barack Obama can’t be the nominee of the party. I think that’s a foregone conclusion, in my view, at this juncture given where things are. But certainly over the next couple of weeks, as we get into April, it seems to me then, that the national leadership of this party has to stand up and reach a conclusion." Senator and former presidential candidate Chris Dodd makes the case that the Democratic race shouldn't go past May 6 (i.e. North Carolina and Indiana.)

Update: "There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win enough delegates to get the nomination. She ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama." Sen. Patrick Leahy reaffirms Dodd's position on Vermont public radio. He later clarified with a written statement: "The bottom line is that...Senator Obama continues to hold a lead that appears to be insurmountable...Senator Clinton has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to."