Hillary Clinton makes history as America's first-ever woman presidential nominee

Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Monday, according to CNN's delegate and superdelegate count, and will become the first woman in the 240-year history of the United States to lead the presidential ticket of a major political party.

A strong showing in Puerto Rico's Democratic primary on Sunday and additional support from superdelegates put Clinton, 68, over the top to become the presumptive nominee. She has secured 1,812 pledged delegates and 572 superdelegates for a total of 2,384 delegates -- one more than needed for the nomination.

Clinton's delegate count will grow Tuesday when six states, including delegate-rich California and New Jersey, hold contests. Speaking in Long Beach, California, on Monday, Clinton said she was still focused on the states where voters head to the polls Tuesday.

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Monday, according to CNN's delegate and superdelegate count, and will become the first woman in the 240-year history of the United States to lead the presidential ticket of a major political party.

A strong showing in Puerto Rico's Democratic primary on Sunday and additional support from superdelegates put Clinton, 68, over the top to become the presumptive nominee. She has secured 1,812 pledged delegates and 572 superdelegates for a total of 2,384 delegates -- one more than needed for the nomination.

Clinton's delegate count will grow Tuesday when six states, including delegate-rich California and New Jersey, hold contests. Speaking in Long Beach, California, on Monday, Clinton said she was still focused on the states where voters head to the polls Tuesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/politics/hillary-clinton-nomination-2016/index.html

Another proud moment for America in the battle for equality of opportunity.

sassy wrote:I think it sad that our first woman PM and your first woman Presidental candidate are cut from the same cloth and had and have views that don't sit well with women all over the world.  It seems you have to be more macho and warlike than the men to get there.

4EVER2 wrote:

sassy wrote:I think it sad that our first woman PM and your first woman Presidental candidate are cut from the same cloth and had and have views that don't sit well with women all over the world.  It seems you have to be more macho and warlike than the men to get there.

Intelligent women are more often harshly judged {especially by the male species} then any other among us; they both loath those strong women and long to be like them.
Other women that can't comprehend what or why those women do what they do - crave the lime light and want to become the force to make changes for ALL SOCIETY are often repulsed by the strength of character and the fortitude!  So they snipe and attack the political woman's home life/marriage/way she's raised her children ...hell even their hair style/clothing choices and the way they stand! 

The 'GOSSIP' mongers had a field day with Michelle Obama's resting face - her slight over bite and the way she furrowed her brow when she was intently listening made her facial appearance look like she was 'PISSED'; the Republican party went nuts attacking her demeanor in the worst way!  Immature and asinine but that's all they had ...the Obama's marriage was strong - the two girls were 'NORMAL' and quite lovely - yet any moment they behaved like little girls the republicans ripped them up.

I'm quite sure that the way HRC prefers her pants suits to dresses will once again become fodder for those lesser thinking humans that have nothing else to write about also.

eddie wrote:Well if you don't act macho people accuse you of using your femininity to get what you want, or you are feminine so you must be stupid.
Perhaps these women are scared of being feminine.

It's not fair, is it?

2 of Bernie Sanders's biggest allies just admitted he's lost
Jun 09 2016
Clinton also gave a nod to fellow Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders, who claimed victory in North Dakota and Montana Tuesday, congratulating him on the "extraordinary campaign he has run".
Squashing suspicions that he'd drop out of the race, Sanders told a crowd of supporters in California, "We are going to fight hard to win the primary in Washington, DC".
He told supporters in the United States city of Santa Monica that he would battle on to next month's Democratic Party convention.
Over the last week, beginning with a broadside attack on Donald Trump, Clinton has undoubtedly found her voice in a way that she has struggled to do in the past.
Senator Jeff Merkley of OR and Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva, who was a fixture alongside Mr Sanders in California, have essentially told the Vermont senator that it's time to rally behind Hillary Clinton.
Although the party won't declare its candidate until its convention in July. And so, despite the crushing California results that rolled in for him on Tuesday night, despite the insurmountable delegate math and the growing pleas that he end his quest for the White House, SenatorBernie Sanders took to the stage in Santa Monica and basked, bragged and vowed to fight on.
Our political expert, Quinnipiac Professor Khalilah Brown-Dean says Obama can also talk about the job of president, and whether the presumptive republican nominee is fit for it.
Clinton said she will take a few days to "absorb the history" that has been done but said there were still more important steps to "keep making history" in the country. "Bernie Sanders has been absolutely clear that he's going to do everything possible to beat Donald Trump".
They got on the phone as I understand it, and started hounding superdelegates to tell them in an anonymous way who they were voting for.
"Let there be no mistake", she said. As of this writing, Sanders has yet to concede to Clinton.
Eschewing his usual off-the-cuff style for prepared remarks he read from a teleprompter, Trump told supporters gathered at one of his golf courses in NY that "tonight we close one chapter in history and begin another".
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks onstage during the "Hillary Clinton: She's With Us" concert at The Greek Theatre on June 6, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
http://nysepost.com/2-of-bernie-sanderss-biggest-allies-just-admitted-hes-lost-270188

Ben_Reilly wrote:That's an awesome cartoon, but I think it applies a bit less to Clinton.

The thing with lefties in America -- we're as liberal as the circumstances allow, because there's always a Joseph McCarthy or George W. Bush lurking and waiting for the public mood to be right for them to get free rein.

veya_victaous wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:That's an awesome cartoon, but I think it applies a bit less to Clinton.

The thing with lefties in America -- we're as liberal as the circumstances allow, because there's always a Joseph McCarthy or George W. Bush lurking and waiting for the public mood to be right for them to get free rein.

why do americans never vote 3rd party?

Ben_Reilly wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:That's an awesome cartoon, but I think it applies a bit less to Clinton.

The thing with lefties in America -- we're as liberal as the circumstances allow, because there's always a Joseph McCarthy or George W. Bush lurking and waiting for the public mood to be right for them to get free rein.

why do americans never vote 3rd party?

Some of us do. I voted for the Green Party in 2000, then saw George W. Bush come to power. I wish I'd have voted for Gore, though it wouldn't have made a difference, of course.

And therein lies the problem -- third parties never make a difference, so most people don't vote for them -- thus assuring they don't make a difference.

Obama to Push for Democratic Unity in Meeting With Bernie Sanders
By Alexander Mallin 
Jun 9, 2016, 7:36 AM ET
President Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders will meet privately in the Oval Office today, just two days after Obama effectively declared Sanders' opponent, Hillary Clinton, the winner of the Democratic primary.
Hardly two hours after the president released his Tuesday evening statement, Sanders took to a podium in California to inform supporters of his plans to stay in the race until the summer convention in Philadelphia.

In perhaps an early preview of their meeting today at the White House, Obama told fundraiser attendees in New York Wednesday night that “we just ended or sort of ended our primary season,” which begs the question over whether he will be able to convince Sanders of the same.
Other top Democratic supporters of Sanders have similarly told ABC News of their readiness to rally behind Clinton.
But the White House maintains Obama will not call on Sanders to drop out of the race, and still has not made his official endorsement of Clinton, which White House officials say is imminent.
"At this point, the president believes that Senator Sanders has more than earned the right to make his own decision about the course of his campaign," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday.
Regardless, the conversation is expected to center around shaping a new role for Sanders and his policy proposals in a party establishment roiled by the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist’s calls for a political revolution.
Sanders has been outspoken on his issues of disagreement with Clinton, saying he will stand firm on his push for the party to adopt a $15 minimum wage and paid family and medical leave as concrete platform positions.
After his meeting with Obama, Sanders will take a short trip to Capitol Hill to meet with top Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-push-democratic-unity-meeting-bernie-sanders/story?id=39719810

veya_victaous wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:That's an awesome cartoon, but I think it applies a bit less to Clinton.

The thing with lefties in America -- we're as liberal as the circumstances allow, because there's always a Joseph McCarthy or George W. Bush lurking and waiting for the public mood to be right for them to get free rein.

why do americans never vote 3rd party?

veya_victaous wrote:that's what people used to say down here until the greens started making a difference and getting balance of power...

it is probably more important to vote them into congress than president though

Yahoo Politics wrote:Obama endorses Clinton for President

President Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton for president Thursday, her campaign announced. The endorsement came right after after the president met with her primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, at the White House.

“I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office,” Obama said in a video released by Clinton’s team. “She’s got the courage, the compassion and the heart to get the job done.”

The two will campaign together in Green Bay, Wisc., Wednesday.

The president, whose national approval rating hovers around 50 percent, will be a key ally for Clinton going into the general election. Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, as of now, has no former presidents campaigning for him, as both former Bush presidents have indicated they will stay out of the race.

Clinton told NPR she’s “thrilled” Obama endorsed her. “We started off as fierce competitors. We’ve ended up as true friends,” she said.

Obama has been eager to campaign openly for Clinton against Trump, but wanted to remain neutral during the Democratic primary. “I want us to run scared the whole time,” Obama told a group of donors last week in Miami, according to the New York Times.

In his endorsement, Obama congratulated Sanders on running a “great campaign” and said he believed the primary “will make the Democratic party stronger.”

Clinton gained enough pledged and unpledged delegates to become the nominee this week, but Sanders has said he will campaign at least until Washington, D.C., votes Tuesday — the final election of the primary. Sanders is under pressure to concede ahead of next month’s Democratic convention.

Clinton told NPR she’s “thrilled” Obama endorsed her. “We started off as fierce competitors. We’ve ended up as true friends,” she said.

WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama’s top aides considered replacing Vice President Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton for Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign but decided it would not significantly help, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing a new book about the campaign.
It was often rumoured but always denied by officials that the Obama team was thinking of replacing Biden with then-Secretary of State Clinton.
According to the Times account of the book “Double Down” by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Obama’s top aides secretly had extensive focus-group sessions and polling conducted to consider such a move.
They ultimately decided that adding Clinton would not materially improve Obama’s odds, according to the account.
The White House chief of staff at the time, William Daley, told the Times: “I was vocal about looking into a whole bunch of things, and this was one of them.”
“You have to remember, at that point the president was in awful shape, so we were like, ‘Holy Christ, what do we do?’” Daley said.
With Biden on the ticket, Obama decisively defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the November 2012 election.
The book also says Obama found Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, to be exhausting, and that when the two of them golfed together in September 2011 in an effort aides hoped would bring them together, they did not finish 18 holes.
“I like him ... in doses,” Obama told an aide after the round at Andrews Air Force Base, according to the Times account of the book.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/11/01/hillary_clinton_eyed_to_replace_joe_biden_by_barack_obamas_reelection_team_says_new_book.html