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Clinton Clinches Nomination, Becoming First woman to Top Major-Party Ticket
Washington Post ^ | June 6 at 8:47 PM | By Abby Phillip, Robert Costa and John Wagner

Posted on 06/06/2016 6:30:35 PM PDT by drewh

Hillary Clinton has secured enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination, according to the Associated Press, emerging from a long and bruising primary season to become the first woman to lead a major party in the race for the White House.

A bitter nomination battle that Clinton was once expected to win in a walk ended abruptly late Monday, as she claimed exactly the number of delegates needed to secure victory in her contest against Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, according the AP’s latest tally.

Clinton was widely expected — even inside her own campaign — to clinch the nomination Tuesday, when California, New Jersey and four other states are scheduled to vote. But according to the AP, Clinton continued to pick up new commitments from delegates over the weekend and on Monday that effectively guarantee her the nomination.

With that milestone, the former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state has ended more than two centuries of national history in which only men have been the standard-bearers for the major political parties. She also overcame her own crushing loss in the 2008 Democratic primary against Barack Obama, as well as a political environment this year that favored outsiders at the expense of Clinton’s establishment credentials. And she became the first spouse of a former president to win the presidential nomination.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 2016demprimary; corruption; crime; hillary2016; manhaters; organized; womanpresident
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1 posted on 06/06/2016 6:30:35 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

This story is not true. She cannot secure the nomination until superdelegates vote at the convention.


2 posted on 06/06/2016 6:31:43 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Wisdom is doing due diligence before forming an opinion)
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To: drewh

Yeah, but look who she ran against. Put her up against some well known and respected Democrat, oh, wait, is there one?


3 posted on 06/06/2016 6:32:12 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: drewh

It’s too early for America to have a “hysterical” first female president. We’re going to need at least 20 or 30 years to clean up the garbage left by America’s moronical first black president. Americans need a break.


4 posted on 06/06/2016 6:32:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When was the last time you heard a celebrity say, If Trump wins, I'm moving to MEXICO!)
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To: drewh

24 hrs of propaganda meant to suppress the Bernie vote.


5 posted on 06/06/2016 6:33:10 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: drewh

Hillary is a woman?

I had no idea!

Cankles sure is good at keeping secrets.


6 posted on 06/06/2016 6:33:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If an illegal-alien quarantine saves just one child's life, it will be worth it.)
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To: thoughtomator

I always wondered about that. Is there some rule or form that the superdelegates fill out that requires them to vote for a stated choice, or is that still optional?


7 posted on 06/06/2016 6:33:58 PM PDT by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: thoughtomator

It’s still too early to pop the champagne and for Bill to break out the Havana cigars, so to speak.


8 posted on 06/06/2016 6:34:15 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: drewh

More lies from the Wash Post.

Superdelegates haven’t voted.

Bernie hasn’t left the race.


9 posted on 06/06/2016 6:34:39 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: drewh

I know this script was written at least since last week - Chris Matthews got drunk (it’s a day that ends in ‘y’ after all) and let slip that Hillary would clinch the night before the Cali primary.

(Clinch the nomination... what were you thinking?)


10 posted on 06/06/2016 6:35:02 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: drewh

Yup, its time for a woman president, no matter who she is. So says the MSM and the low information vote.

The Witch needs to pick an hispanic transsexual running mate to complete the historic meme.


11 posted on 06/06/2016 6:35:24 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: Helicondelta

Bernie is trying to turn the super delegates as we type...


12 posted on 06/06/2016 6:35:48 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Bernard

They all have the option to change their minds up to the moment they cast their votes. In some cases local laws may require them to vote for the winner of their district/state.

Until they vote, Clinton has not clinched this nomination. Not now, not after California. She will need a couple of hundred superdelegates to put her over the top at the convention.


13 posted on 06/06/2016 6:36:00 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Wisdom is doing due diligence before forming an opinion)
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To: drewh

I BADLY WANT them to keep talking like this.

I want the Berners to be SUPER pissed..!

REALLY praying he takes Calif 2morrow cuz I KNOW their machine is going to whip around and HAND it to QUEEN Hillary.

Philly is going to be Soooooo funnnn...!


14 posted on 06/06/2016 6:36:16 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: FlingWingFlyer
BJ was our first Black President.

Obola was our first woman pResident.

Cankles would our first PIAPS pResident.

15 posted on 06/06/2016 6:37:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If an illegal-alien quarantine saves just one child's life, it will be worth it.)
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It’s really hard to believe that so many are in Hillary’s corner...What is wrong with these people???


16 posted on 06/06/2016 6:37:45 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: thoughtomator

WP doing everything possible to supress Sanders voters. Internal polling is prob in his favor.


17 posted on 06/06/2016 6:37:50 PM PDT by madameguinot
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To: thoughtomator

Yep.

Fake timed for California’s primary tomorrow.


18 posted on 06/06/2016 6:38:32 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: gaijin
go Hilly go! Keep pissing of the Berniebots...


19 posted on 06/06/2016 6:39:30 PM PDT by drewh
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To: relictele
24 hrs of propaganda meant to suppress the Bernie vote.

Bingo. AP actively trying to throw the California primary to Her Cankleness. Disgusting, but not unexpected, from the vermin at AP.

20 posted on 06/06/2016 6:40:22 PM PDT by WeatherGuy
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