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THE ESSENTIAL REPORT FROM LAST NIGHT VIA NYT.COM:

Senator Barack Obama is poised to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night as he received support from a steady stream of prominent party officials, signaling that the grueling primary battle with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is coming to a close….All eyes will be on the candidates’ public appearances after the primaries finish this evening. Mr. Obama is staging a victory celebration in St. Paul, Minn., inside the same arena where Senator John McCain of Arizona is expected to formally accept the Republican nomination in September…

AND THEN–

Senator Barack Obama secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, prevailing through an epic battle with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in a primary campaign that inspired millions of voters from every corner of America to demand change in Washington…. Mr. Obama’s victory moved the presidential campaign to a new phase as he tangled with Senator John McCain of Arizona in televised addresses Tuesday night over Mr. Obama’s assertion that Mr. McCain would continue President Bush’s policies….

AND SO I WILL BEGIN….