In a week and a day, Hillary Clinton will become the first woman ever to clinch the nomination of a major U.S. party for the presidency. It is likely that this will happen as the polls close in New Jersey on June 7. By the time the western polls, particularly California, close, she will likely have topped the required 2383 delegates by a few hundred. All during this primary season, she has remained well ahead of the field and of the last remaining challenger. Hillary was much closer to Barack Obama’s heels in 2008. This time around she will score a decisive win.
To see the headlines of the past few days, you would think Bernie Sanders was breathing down her neck. He, in fact, is a third of the track behind her.
Report: Bernie Now Wants a Say In Hillary’s Cabinet Picks.
Jonathan Martin, NY Times national political correspondent, told CNN that Bernie won’t be satisfied with symbolic platform committee spots, he wants a say in Hillary’s presidential appointments.
May 23, 2016
Sanders names Cornel West, Keith Ellison to DNC platform committee
By Ben Kamisar
Top Bernie Sanders supporters Dr. Cornel West and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) will be among those on the Democratic Party’s important Platform Drafting Committee after the Vermont senator won a key concession as he looks to leave his mark on the party’s platform.
The roster of the drafting committee, released by the Democratic National Committee on Monday, reflects the party’s agreement that Sanders would have five supporters on the committee, compared to six for Hillary Clinton.
Sanders previously panned DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who appoints all of the committee members, for failing to include enough of his supporters on an initial list. But the latest statement notes that Wasserman Schultz allocated the campaign’s seats “proportionally according to the current vote tally.”Did Bernie Sanders deliver an ultimatum that Debbie Wasserman Schultz should be fired?
By Chris Cillizza May 26
The big questions left in the Democratic presidential race are when Bernie Sanders will exit the contest and, relatedly, what he will extract by way of concessions from Hillary Clinton for doing so. Sanders has been relatively quiet about specific asks to date. But, in an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Thursday, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver seemed to suggest that getting rid of current Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz might be a necessary precursor to making peace between the rival campaigns.
Bernie Sanders Tries To Get Barney Frank Thrown Off Of Convention Committee
The Bernie Sanders campaign has filed an official challenge to the credentials of Gov. Daniel Malloy and Barney Frank to serve as chair and co-chair of key committees at the Democratic convention because they are, “aggressive attack surrogates for Clinton.”
May 28, 2016
DNC rejects Sanders’s request to remove committee chairs
Senior Democratic National Committee (DNC) officials have rejected a request from Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s campaign to change the leadership of two crucial committees at the national convention this summer.
Jim Roosevelt and Lorraine Miller, co-chairs of the Rules and Bylaws Committee, dismissed a request to remove Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank as co-chairmen of the convention’s platform and rules committees, respectively.
And just today ….
Bernie Sanders Warns Hillary Clinton on Running Mate Pick
Sanders says he wants Clinton to pick a hardline progressive running mate
Vermont Bernie Sanders warned democratic rival Hillary Clinton that her pick for running mate will be critical to winning over his supporters going into the general election.
During an interview to air Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sanders said told Chuck Todd that Clinton needs “a candidate who can excite working families, excite young people, bring them into the political process and create a large voter turnout.”
The Democratic Party has been very kind and inclusive to Bernie Sanders who is new to the party and remains officially an Independent in the Senate. When the primaries end in the District of Columbia on June 14, Bernie Sanders will become an also-ran. He has said he would support Hillary’s candidacy. We can hope he will do so with the kind of grace and fervor with which Hillary supported the Obama-Biden ticket in 2008.

UNITY, NH-6/27/08- Dem. Presidential candidate Barack Obama was joined on the podium by Hillary Clinton, his democratic rival in a hard-fought primary, in a field behind the elementary school in the tiny town of Unity, N.H. Friday afternoon. Courant PHOTO BY STEPHEN DUNN ORG XMIT: 10008608A

UNITY, NH-6/27/08- Dem. Presidential candidate Barack Obama was joined on the podium by Hillary Clinton, his democratic rival in a hard-fought primary, in a field behind the elementary school in the tiny town of Unity, N.H. Friday afternoon. Courant PHOTO BY STEPHEN DUNN ORG XMIT: 10008608A
Colonel West is a jackarse in my book. He went on a seven minute youtube rant spewing a ton of ridiculous nonsense. His take on the word Super Predator WAS THE DUMBEST TAKE I have ever heard on any topic every spoken about any human being, ever. And his spittle was used by Bernie Sanders and his minions to smear Hillary Clinton.
Colonel West calls Hillary Clinton the Milli Vanilli of American Politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIHc84VYALQ
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Can you imagine Bernie in Robert E. Lee’s boots at Appomattox?
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We often thought at the end of 2008 our champion was taking it better than we were. I walked around like a traumatized zombie and remained an emotional wreck for weeks. When she accepted Sec. State it was not soothing.
We did “get over it” and we channeled our pain into 2016. We earned this. She earned this… now in 8 days get the hell out of our way or get crushed.
We are on a mission and we won’t take no for an answer.
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I want to believe sanders will do the right thing but I fear he will not. His ego at this point is too large to stop with grace. He thinks he is some kind of savior of the world. He has followers who will not vote for secretary Clinton. I was 100% for the secretary in 2008, but I got on board and campaigned for president Obama. I am worried, if anyone is old enough to remember the movie Network you know what I am talking about. Sanders looks and acts like Beal off his rocker! Let’s see how this plays out and I sure hope the secretary can win both NJ and CA on June 7th. Have a safe holiday and remember the veterans! Love and respect all on still4 hill! Enjoy!
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https://www.facebook.com/notes/james-rogers-bush/bored-with-bernie-one-two-three-point/1093022850754050
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Thanks James Rogers Bush! Says it all! I am sick of that finger pointing at secretary Clinton because she is a woman!
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They never get the 2008 story right. Anita Finlay got it right because she was in the trenches with us. I feel ZERO kinship with the bernie boys – they are the exact ones who called us old hags, dead-enders, rayycists and told us to get over it… for starters.
PUMA kinship with TRUMP supporters too??? OH hell no.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/30/what-the-pumas-of-2008-think-of-the-bernieorbust-movement-of-2016.html
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Diane Mantouvalos – Just Say No Deal – speak for yourself!
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She gets it wrong about the media (even Obama recently said they favored him and it was sexist) plus they get the date wrong. It was MAY 31st NOT June 3rd when our rage was ignited.
This time nearly all the SuperDs were behind the former Secretary of State BEFORE she even announced and they did not care if a sitting VP decided to run against her or not. Biden was sidelined due to them wanting Hillary!
It is not rigged. SHE IS JUST WINNING….. arrrrrgggghhh.
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