Clinton clinches nomination, news organizations say

I know this doesn't seem like a big deal to us now, but it's something that will long be remembered in the history books. But anyway, most major news outlets say Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic Party's presidential nomination on Monday night, surpassing the needed total based on additional delegates from Puerto Rico and from superdelegates declaring. She will become the first woman ever nominated at the head of the ticket by a major party in American history. After Tuesday's final primaries, it's time to start putting the party back together for a run at Donald Trump.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/politics/hillary-cl … index.html
By BearinFW | 06/07/2016 04:57 AM | 16 comments
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  • Coulda shoulda started 8 months ago as far as pulling the party together. As Bernie made his last statements, he barked the name of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz through gritted teeth, and said we have to get rid of her. I agree, she's sucked and did nothing to further the cause. We also need Bernie make the promise and follow through with encouraging his supporters to vote for Hillary. Aside from that, Hillary has busted her butt for decades, and fought many of the same battles, with tons of butt ugliness from the GOP and others, through the years. She may not be everyones' first choice for a lunch date, but she has earned everyone's respect. She stands for a lot of things we've all benefited from and would be more than pissed off to have a Republicans run down the list of rights we've earned in our lifetime as they eliminate then one by one. She got more votes than Bernie, and hate to rub it in, but 572 super delegates to 47 tells the inside story about his level of support within the party. Bernie might have revved up the millennials, who may or may not have been riled up enough to get out and vote against Trump, but I hope they take voting seriously and treat it as a privilege and a duty to vote smart.
    My first choice for VP: Elizabeth Warren. She has huge balls.
    midcenturybear 06/22/2016 06:49 PM
  • Yes, Fur, Beccera has replaced Julian Castro as the top Latino pick among insiders. The way Trump continues to cut his own throat with Latinos, though, I'm not sure Hillary *needs* to go in that direction, though it certainly would reinforce the differences in the tickets. I don't know if it can be worked out, but I think Bernie would be the best VP choice if you really want to unify and energize the Democratic Party. There are some serious differences there, but that's how I'd go if it were possible. Hillary really does need the energetic support of the party's left wing. And I don't know that, other than Warren, there's any other way to get it.
    BearinFW 06/12/2016 04:04 AM
  • @Ken--I like her. She's an interesting pick for sure; like Sanders, she's extremely popular among the millennials, she speaks the populace rhetoric, and she does it all with grace and fire. These last couple of months she's shown she's not afraid to take on DT, and DT's counter attacks on her have been lackluster at best. As a VP nominee or senator, she'll be a great attack dog for Clinton, but I think she'd be most effective in the Senate. Sure, it would not be long before there would be another election in Mass to elect a new senator (2018?), but whoever replaces her would be a junior senator, she's gaining in seniority, and if the Dems get lucky and take back the Senate, she be in a good position to write and champion legislation she's been advocating.

    Congressman Xavier Beccera is my pick. I know he's not well known outside of CA or the Beltway, He's represented the 34th District (central and east LA) for about 20 years now. If you're Latino and watch Univision, you're probably familiar with him; he speaks excellent Spanish and is extremely well liked among his constituents. If you ever get to meet him in person, he's pretty easy on the eyes. :) (I know, I know, not the most exacting characteristic needed for a successful politician, but it does not hurt!)

    Watching C-Span or a C-Span like video is as exciting as watching paint dry, but the attached video here gives you a small feel for Beccerra and his politics.

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUoY0rJzkgkl1TmoKTUKTI6w&v=zb5NjBEDF64[/video]
    furball 06/11/2016 10:47 PM
  • How about a Clinton / Warren ticket?
    Ken_77 06/11/2016 07:28 PM
  • yep exactly what i was thinking. question, maybe youd know, but do our tax dollars get tied up in all that??
    doankyl 06/10/2016 10:08 AM
  • You're right Doankyl, about Republicans and scandals. They are like pit bulls. They grab hold of something and never let go, even if most would consider it a lost cause. Most recent example: Republicans in the House voting time after time after time after time to repeal Obamacare when they know it has ZERO chance of happening.
    BearinFW 06/10/2016 04:09 AM
  • you are right bearinfw but that wont stop the republican witch hunt IF she is elected president. even if they legally cant do anything ( not sure what the limits are) they will still waste every ounce of energy on trying to get her. any way they can
    doankyl 06/09/2016 03:28 PM
  • I think it's highly unlikely that Hillary will be indicted. That's mostly a Republican fantasy (never say never but ...). After all the Justice Department would handle any prosecution, and who's in charge of the Justice Department? I'm sure if there were a GOP administration, she would have been indicted already. Think politics doesn't play a role in these kind of things?
    BearinFW 06/09/2016 04:12 AM
  • From today's SD Tribune
    furball 06/09/2016 02:11 AM
  • From today's SD Tribune
    furball 06/09/2016 02:11 AM
  • Crooked Crooked Hitlery needs to go to prison for the email scandal and she was a crappy secretary of state wreaking havoc all over the middle east. Were just going to get the same old same old. Allot of empty words and see more and more of out civil rights and our constitution be trampled on. Trump all the way.
    SilverMen 06/09/2016 12:22 AM
  • i cant vote for hillary her history speaks for itself. the previous clinton administration paved the way for our economic turmoil. why would we want her criminal ass back in office?
    doankyl 06/08/2016 03:09 PM
  • BTW, if Hillary (or Biden) were to pick Bernie for the VP slot, I'd be fine with it. Especially would make sense if Biden were having to take over in a disaster, but would be a good choice for Hill as well.
    BearinFW 06/08/2016 04:21 AM
  • Even if the worst happened for the Dems -- Hillary is indicted, or something happens to her healthwise -- that would free up all superdelegates and also all of her pledged delegates. There's no guarantee Bernie would be the nominee even if that happened. Joe Biden would be a more likely option, if I had to guess.
    BearinFW 06/08/2016 04:08 AM
  • Right, it won't be official until the vote at the convention and is based upon news outlets' counts of declared superdelegates, who, in theory, could change their minds, though it's not real likely. If memory recalls, the same thing happened on the eve of the last primaries in 2008 -- a wave of superdelegates declaring and the networks saying Obama had locked up the nomination. At any rate, such an announcement, if it's going to affect turnout today, could easily cut both ways. My advice if you live in one of the six states, regardless of whom you support: VOTE ANYWAY!!!
    BearinFW 06/07/2016 03:47 PM
  • I live in California. I voted today. There's more than Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton on the ticket today and multiple reasons, other than a presidential primary, to vote. Additionally there are five other states voting today, and assuredly they have just as many down ballot candidates and propositions that are equally important. Those that are engaged and not too full of themselves will be out voting today.

    I don't know how it's propaganda making these announcements. It's math, not magic, that's being reported. I admit it's like pinning a kid's birthday party balloons--all the fun is suddenly taken out of the party when these announcements are made. That said, preceding North Dakota's caucus, the AP, NBC and other news outlets called Donald Trump the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The news agencies did it by calling all the delegates and asking how they were voting. Nobody called the announcement of Trump's presumptive status propaganda or undemocratic. It was math, he won the number of needed delegates to lock the Republican nomination.

    It's semantics at this point. June 6th or July 25th in Philadelphia, the math is still the same.

    Agreed Bear--it's amazing. Just to think that only short years ago that people would not countenance the idea of a woman being in politics. Watching the news last night, you could see some the excitement--on our local news broadcast the young women reporting the news, bantering back and forth with each other, were so excited and happy, it was pretty funny and their happiness was infectious. :)
    furball 06/07/2016 02:01 PM