Did any of you really think that Hillary Clinton was going to do anything but give a full throated endorsement of Barack Obama last night?  Did you really think she would do anything less?

I have downplayed all this talk about the Obama-Clinton rift in the weeks leading up to this convention, mainly because I knew Hillary would turn in this kind of performance, just as she did back in June when the primaries were over.

What I didn't notice was any kind of effort to turn the convention on its ear and cause trouble for Barack Obama.

And yet, there was still lots of talk about that all day on Tuesday.  Maybe some of the Hillary delegates were going to demonstrate for Hillary and against Barack.

Yes, maybe they were deep in the bowels of the Pepsi Center, poring over plans to seize control of the convention and deny Barack Obama the nomination.

And then again, probably not.

Several hours before that speech, I stopped off at several delegations on the convention floor to take temperatures on the Clinton situation, and everyone I spoke to was pretty much on the same wavelength.

"You know I talked to a lot of Hillary delegates," said delegate and Democratic National Committee member Jay Parmalee of Oklahoma.  "Of course, they had hoped, and wished that Hillary would be the nominee, but they understand," said Parmalee.

"There maybe one or two who aren't quite there yet, but they will be by the end of the week," Parmalee said of the Sooner State's delegation.

Down at floor level, Clinton delegate Marcia Knox of Ohio said her fellow Hillary supporters were getting behind Obama because they know how important this election is.

"Barack's the guy, that's who we're going to put 100% behind," said the AFSCME union official from Dayton, Ohio.

"We're going to put all of our folks on the ground, knocking on doors, talking to union members," Knox explained, as unions this week have vowed to make sure their members vote their pocketbook in November.

Knox had staked out her seat for Hillary's speech four hours in advance.  Like many, she had hoped the New York Senator would be the winner this year.

"We did what we could do, but now we are 100% behind Barack," said Knox, "and now she's asking everybody to do the same."

This story gets to live another day - at least until delegates vote on Wednesday and officially offer the Democratic nomination to Obama, a historic event of its own right.

Then the Hillary vs Barack story can maybe be put to bed.