Not sure if it's global warming or El Niño

But it looks like Virgil and Dante can go sledding to the ninth circle this weekend:

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will endorse Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, bringing a close to her 17-month campaign for the White House, aides said. Her decision came after Democrats urged her Wednesday to leave the race and allow the party to coalesce around Mr. Obama.

Howard Wolfson, one of Mrs. Clinton’s chief strategists, and other aides said she would express support for Mr. Obama and party unity at an event in Washington that day. One adviser said Mrs. Clinton would concede defeat, congratulate Mr. Obama and proclaim him the party’s nominee, while pledging to do what was needed to assure his victory in November.

About damn time.

Now to see if the divisive nastiness that she created dies with her campaign, or lives on like some political Frankenstein's monster to take down, first Obama's bid, then her legacy...