It's Official: Hillary Clinton Wins The Democratic Presidential Nomination

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https://twitter.com/AP/status/739975278483656705
It's Official: Hillary Clinton Wins The Democratic Presidential Nomination
by Tyler Durden  - Jun 6, 2016 8:35 PM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-06/ap-calls-race-hillary-clinton-wins-democratic-presidential-nomination

  "What was supposed to be an all-important California primary tomorrow
   just became moot moments ago, when in a surprising announcement, AP
   just called the race for Hillary who according to the newswire's
   calculations has earned enough delegates to become the presumptive
   Democratic nominee, making her the first woman ever to win a major
   party nomination.
   
   The full, and "perfectly timed" story from AP:
   
      Striding into history, Hillary Clinton will become the first woman to
      top the presidential ticket of a major U.S. political party, capturing
      commitments Monday from the number of delegates needed to become the
      Democrats' presumptive nominee.
     
      The victory arrived nearly eight years to the day after she conceded
      her first White House campaign to Barack Obama. Back then, she famously
      noted her inability to "shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling."
     
      Campaigning this time as the loyal successor to the nation's first
      black president, Clinton held off a surprisingly strong challenge from
      Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. He mobilized millions with a fervently
      liberal message and his insurgent candidacy revealed a deep level of
      national frustration with politics-as-usual, even among Democrats who
      have controlled the White House since 2009.
     
      Clinton, the former secretary of state, New York senator and first
      lady, reached the 2,383 delegates needed to become the presumptive
      Democratic nominee on Monday with a decisive weekend victory in Puerto
      Rico and a burst of last-minute support from superdelegates. Those are
      party officials and officeholders, many of them eager to wrap up the
      primary amid preference polls showing her in a tightening race with
      presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.
     
      Clinton has 1,812 pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses. She
      also has the support of 571 superdelegates, according to an Associated
      Press count.
     
      The AP surveyed all 714 superdelegates repeatedly in the past seven
      months, and only 95 remain publicly uncommitted.
     
      While superdelegates will not formally cast their votes for Clinton
      until the party's July convention in Philadelphia, all those counted in
      her tally have unequivocally told the AP they will do so.
     
      "We really need to bring a close to this primary process and get on to
      defeating Donald Trump," said Nancy Worley, a superdelegate who chairs
      Alabama's Democratic Party and provided one of the last endorsements to
      put Clinton over the top.
     
      Clinton outpaced Sanders in winning new superdelegate endorsements even
      after his string of primary and caucus wins in May. Following the
      results in Puerto Rico, it is no longer possible for Sanders to reach
      the 2,383 needed to win the nomination based on the remaining available
      pledged delegates and uncommitted superdelegates.
     
      Sanders said this past weekend he plans to fight on until the
      convention, promising to make the case to superdelegates that he is
      better positioned to beat Trump in November. Superdelegates can change
      their minds. But since the start of the AP's survey in late 2015, no
      superdelegates have switched from supporting Clinton to backing
      Sanders.
     
      Indeed, Clinton's victory is broadly decisive. She leads Sanders by
      more than 3 million cast votes, by 291 pledged delegates and by 523
      superdelegates. She won 29 caucuses and primaries to his 21 victories.
     
      That's a far bigger margin than Obama had in 2008, when he led Clinton
      by 131 pledged delegates and 105 superdelegates at the point he
      clinched the nomination.
     
      Echoing the sentiments of California Gov. Jerry Brown, who overcame a
      decades-long rivalry with the Clinton family to endorse her last week,
      many superdelegates expressed a desire to close ranks around a nominee
      who could defeat Trump in November.
     
      "It's time to stand behind our presumptive candidate," said Michael
      Brown, one of two superdelegates from the District of Columbia who came
      forward in the past week to back Clinton before the city's June 14
      primary. "We shouldn't be acting like we are undecided when the people
      of America have spoken."
     
      Though she marched into her second presidential primary campaign as an
      overwhelming favorite, Clinton could not shake Sanders until its final
      days. He campaigned aggressively in California ahead of the state's
      Tuesday election, unwilling to exit a race Clinton stood on the cusp of
      winning.
     
      Beyond winning over millions of Sanders supporters who vow to remain
      loyal to the self-described democratic socialist, Clinton faces
      challenges as she turns toward November, including criticism of her
      decision to use a private email server run from her New York home while
      serving as secretary of state. Her deep unpopularity among Republicans
      has pushed many leery of Trump to nevertheless embrace his campaign.
     
      "This to me is about saving the country and preventing a third
      progressive, liberal term, which is what a Clinton presidency would
      do," House Speaker Paul Ryan told the AP last week after he finally
      endorsed Trump, weeks after the New Yorker clinched the GOP nomination.
     
      Yet Clinton showed no signs of limping into the general election as she
      approached the milestone, leaving Sanders behind and focusing on
      lacerating Trump. She said electing the billionaire businessman, who
      has spent months hitting her and her husband with bitingly personal
      attacks, would be a "historic mistake."
     
      "He is not just unprepared. He is temperamentally unfit to hold an
      office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility,"
      Clinton said last week in a speech that was striking in its
      forcefulness, previewing a brutal five-month general election campaign
      to come.
     
      Even without the nomination, Sanders can claim ideological victory. His
      liberal positions pushed the issue of income inequality into the
      spotlight and drove Clinton to the left on issues such as trade, Wall
      Street and campaign finance reform.
     
      But she prevailed, in part, by claiming much of the coalition that
      boosted Obama. She won overwhelming support from women and minorities,
      catapulting her to decisive victories in diverse, delegate-rich states
      such as New York and Texas.
     
      When Clinton launched her campaign last April, she did so largely
      unopposed, having scared off more formidable challengers by locking
      down much of the party's organizational and fundraising infrastructure.
      Vice President Joe Biden, seen as her most threatening rival, opted not
      to run in October.
     
      Of the four opponents who did take her on, Sanders was the only one who
      emerged to provide a serious challenge. He caught fire among young
      voters and independents, his campaign gaining momentum from a narrow
      loss in Iowa in February and a commanding victory in New Hampshire. His
      ability to raise vast sums of money online gave him the resources to
      continue into the spring.
     
      But Clinton vowed not to repeat the failings of her 2008 campaign and
      focused early on winning delegates, hiring help from Obama's old team
      before launching her campaign. They pushed superdelegates into making
      early commitments and held campaign appearances in areas where they
      could win the most pledged delegates.
     
      Her victory in Nevada in late February diminished concerns from allies
      about her campaign operation. Decisive wins in Southern states on Super
      Tuesday and a sweep of March 15 contests gave her a significant
      delegate lead, which became insurmountable by the end of April after
      big victories in New York and in the Northeast.
     
      She now moves on to face Trump, whose ascent to the top of the
      Republican Party few expected. The brash real estate mogul and reality
      TV star has long since turned his attention from primary foes to
      Clinton, debuting a nickname — "Crooked Hillary" — and arguing she
      belongs in jail for her email setup.
     
      After a long primary campaign, Clinton said this past weekend in
      California she was ready to accept his challenge.
     
      "We're judged by our words and our deeds, not our race, not our
      ethnicity, not our religion," she said Saturday in Oxnard, California.
      "So it is time to judge Donald Trump by his words and his deeds. And I
      believe that his words and his deeds disqualify him from being
      president of the United States."
   
                                 * * *
   
   And just because good news never travels alone:
   
   https://twitter.com/intlspectator/status/739984992705470464
   
   
   
   Understandably, Bernie Sanders is unhappy with this oddly timed
   announcement, less than a full day before the critical CA primary...

     * SANDERS SAYS CLINTON DOESN'T HAVE THE PLEDGED DELEGATES: AP   
   ... but, well, Bernie should have delivered more speeches to Goldman
   Sachs.
   
   And just like that all that planning (and funding) to obtain those much
   needed superdelegates has paid off.
   
   The memo to Californians: don't even bother showing up tomorrow.  The
   only question left now is how will Bernie's volatile supporters react.
   
   And now, it's time for the show we've all been waiting for...
   
   
   
   ... and the jokes too.
   
   https://twitter.com/JeopardyStocks/status/739977498918801409
   
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