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With Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign officially over, she is focusing on making sure her supporters back Sen. Barack Obama’s bid.

Throughout the primary season, Clinton and Obama expressed confidence the Democrats would unify once a nominee emerged.

As Clinton closed her campaign Saturday, she urged the cheering crowd of thousands to support Obama in his run for the White House, saying she and supporters should “take our energy, our passion and our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama … I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me.”

Clinton has vowed to do whatever she could “to ensure that Democrats take the White House back and defeat John McCain.”

The main page on Obama’s Web site has been updated with a message that says, “Thank you Senator Clinton,” and links to a form where visitors can send a message to her.

Clinton’s Web site now urges visitors to “support Senator Obama today.”

Obama released a statement praising Clinton’s presidential run.

“Obviously, I am thrilled and honored to have Sen. Clinton’s support. But more than that, I honor her today for the valiant and historic campaign she has run. She shattered barriers on behalf of my daughters and women everywhere, who now know that there are no limits to their dreams. And she inspired millions with her strength, courage and unyielding commitment to the cause of working Americans.”

(CNN.)

Dubya is, as always, fully in touch with the reality of the moment:

“I thought it was a really good statement, powerful moment when a major political party nominates an African-American man to be their standard bearer,” he said in an interview Friday with an Italian journalist. “And it’s good for our democracy that that happened. And we also had a major contender being a woman. Obviously Hillary Clinton was a major contender. So I think it’s a good sign for American democracy.”

Yes, THANK YOU, Mr. President…the prospect of four more years of McYou but without even the comic relief of your truly astonishing non sequiturs, mispronunciations and bouts of aphasia is…well, unspeakable.

So I think we all know what we need to do here.

On a side note: For those who backed the Hill, if part of the reason you did so had to do with her truly pathbreaking platforms on universal affordable heath care and increased access to college education for yourself and/or your fellow Americans, let them both know. Campaign links are above; click and type like there is no tomorrow. Now is definitely the time to make your voices heard.