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
My first choice for VP: Elizabeth Warren. She has huge balls.
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]
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. :)