Well, after what seems like an eternity, the Democratic primary race is officially over today, in terms of contests that is.

Sen. Barack Obama certainly appears to have it wrapped up and several big sources indicate that he will claim that victory tonight in St. Paul during his speech. He will need to roll out roughly 26-30 superdelegates today in order to that, which I think we may see throughout the day. This may be the day that we finally see that huge lot of delegates that the Obama campaign has been saying is coming for a months now.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting today that Obama does have the delegates he needs to end this thing tonight. It should be interesting to see what times of the day these delegates get released out to the media.

For Clinton, everything looks and reads as though she will concede the race tonight. She is speaking from New York tonight and it is being hyped as a major speech, complete with all of her staff and major donors in attendance.

What to expect from the actual primaries

The two primaries in South Dakota and Montana today are actually just laying back on the back burner. If Clinton were to win both, it really would not matter and if they split the two races, it still really won’t matter other than giving Obama that extra delegate or two to push him even further over the top.

In South Dakota, Clinton holds a nice lead over Obama, according to American Research Group, at 60% to 34%.

In Montana, Obama holds the slight lead over Clinton, also according to American Research Group, at 48% to 44%.

It is going to be a very interesting day today and even more interesting tonight. Of course, we will be following it all day and will be posting updates throughout the day as the news warrants.