Media critics and columnists, especially but not exclusively on the right, speak with such authority and bombast that they clearly mean to be taken seriously, expressing ideas for the rest of us to chew on and congratulating themselves for their wit and sagacity.

It was supposed to be over last night with Barack Obama having won enough pledged delegates and super-delegates to make him the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee. But then Hillary Clinton took to the floor In NYC to address supporters in what many assumed would be a concession speech.