"Clinton official" tells Wash. Post: "We lost this thing in February." Okay, then wrap it up.

Today's Washington Post gets the scoop on what some Clinton insiders are thinking.

First, a top Clinton aide admits now what we've been saying. They lost a long time ago:

"Absent some sort of miracle on May 31st, it's going to be tough for us," said a senior Clinton official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to be frank. "We lost this thing in February. We're doing everything we can now... but it's just an uphill battle."

So, they knew they lost in February, but decided to stay in to destroy Obama? Factor in all the money troubles and you have to ask why the Clinton team kept up its negative assault on Obama.

Then this shows just how desperate Hillary had become even before the votes were counted yesterday:

"There are going to be the rest of these contests, which are very significant, and then in June, if we haven't done it already, we're going to have to resolve Florida and Michigan," she told reporters during a daytime event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "They were legitimate elections."

Maybe they were legitimate elections in the Soviet Union or Iran, but not in the United States. This is when Hillary sounds like she's lost touch with reality. We learned last night that even if Michigan and Florida are now included - and included as is, meaning you give Hillary her phony victories - it won't change a thing, Obama still wins. NBC political director Chuck Todd, who is one of the most respected political analysts in town, said this last night (you can watch his video here, it's compelling to say the least):

"With leads like this now, if you throw in Michigan and Florida, as is, then Obama would still have about 150,000 votes and he would still have 100 delegates, pledged delegate, lead." - Chuck Todd, 1:13 AM

Hillary's only remaining argument for staying in the race is Florida and Michigan. But even if you give her those two states, she loses. She has no reason for staying in the race other than her desire to hurt the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama.

Then, there's this:

A Clinton adviser said the situation was increasingly becoming one in which "she cannot be nominated and he can't get elected."

Okay, consider the source. The Clinton advisers have been telling us she was going to be the nominee. They were telling us for a year that was inevitable. They butchered her campaign. So, be wary, very wary, of political predictions from any "Clinton adviser." They took a candidate who couldn't lose and turned her into a loser.

Let's wrap this up, listening to the constant spin and carping from Team Clinton is getting really boring -- and it's counterproductive. We need to fight John McCain.