SOUTH BEND -- As Sen. Hillary Clinton ends her historic bid to become the next president, her future remains unclear. Many are still wondering if there will be an Obama-Clinton ticket this November.

Mixed reactions filled the room as Clinton faced defeat and enthusiastically endorsed Sen. Barack Obama.

"And do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next President of the United States," she said.

Clinton's concession ends a historic and exhausting 16-month primary battle. And voters we spoke with couldn't be happier.

"I think it has took too long, finally it's over," said voter Stephen Li.

"But it'll be nice that a lot of the bashing and all that will be over," said voter Crystal Fouts.

IU South Bend political science professor Elizabeth Bennion says it's good Clinton didn't wait any longer to concede. Especially since time is running out to unite the Democratic Party.

"They certainly would not have wanted to go into the convention divided. But they have time until the end of August to bring everybody together," said Bennion.

But some Clinton supporters aren't happy with Saturday's announcement, and many wonder if that will ultimately mean more support for McCain. But Bennion says she'd be very surprised if that actually happens.

"There's a lot of campaign left to go. Her support will keep them in his camp. We see with Latino voters, for example, they're moving into the Obama camp, so that's got to look good for Obama," said Bennion.

But the million dollar question is still up in the air: Will Obama choose Clinton as his running mate?

Some hope it will happen.

"I think they would be a good team," said voter Mary Gregory.

But Bennion thinks it would be too much of a risk for Obama, especially because some people still see the Clintons as a package deal.

"I'll actually be really surprised if he does pick Clinton as his running mate simply because he is a relative newcomer on the political scene. And I don't think he wants to have Clinton and Clinton both as part of his ticket," said Bennion.

Bennion says the challenge going into the general election for both McCain and Obama will be to convince swing voters. For McCain that now means targeting the independent vote. And for Obama, he'll have to shore up the liberal base that was heavy Clinton supporters.