James Carville, a Clin­ton advi­sor, quoted in today’s New York Times:

Mr. Richardson’s endorse­ment [of Barack Obama] came right around the anniver­sary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appro­pri­ate, if ironic.

…is, they’ve been telling us since March 4, how the race for the Demo­c­ra­tic nom­i­na­tion was going to end. And sure enough, the whim­per­ing has begun in earnest. How do we know? Ben Smith at Politico is going on vacation.

If that doesn’t con­vince you, con­sider how quickly Adam Nagourney’s arti­cle in yesterday’s New York Times has become the cor­ner­stone of the new con­ven­tional wisdom about the race.