Sen. Hillary Clinton conceded the Democratic presidential nomination to rival Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday, suspending her groundbreaking campaign to become America’s first female president with a vow to work tirelessly to elect the first black president.

“Today, I’m standing with Sen. Obama to say, ‘Yes, we can,’ ” Clinton said, using Obama’s own signature slogan to endorse the presumptive nominee, who bested her in a grueling campaign that began 17 months ago with her as the front-runner.

The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States,” she declared. “Today, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary campaign he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him, and I ask you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me.”

Clinton said, “This has been a tough fight, but the Democratic Party is a family, and now it’s time to restore the ties that bind us together and to come together.”

She was generous in her praise of the onetime rival whose fitness to serve as the country’s chief executive and commander in chief she once questioned. “I’ve had a front-row seat to his candidacy, and I have seen his strength and determination, his grace and his grit,” she said.

Ok I was mistaken!  She has endorsed Obama and made nice-nice, but what will the outcome be?  Come on Clintonistas–someone tell me what you think.  First, everyone was pissed and now they are silent…is that good or bad?  Will the 25% that said they will vote for McCain, actually do just that?  Where are the verbaslly challenged that were so pissed last Sunday?