Obama cruises to easy victories in Virginia, Maryland, and DC

That he won isn't surprising. That he appears to have won by such large margins is: 75% in DC, and well over 60% in both Virginia and Maryland. This is not good - not good at all - for the Hillary Clinton campaign, and no amount of spin can make it better.

There's still a ways to go, but it's looking more and more like Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee come November. If things don't pan out for the good Senator, though, at least he's got other career options: