[USA Today] AP: Clinton is presumptive Democratic presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton is the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, according to the Associated Press, securing enough support from superdelegates to push her over the top on the eve of the final round of state primaries.
Both AP and NBC News reported Monday night that a sufficient number of superdelegates had indicated their support for Clinton to guarantee she will have the 2,383 delegates needed at the party's July in convention in Philadelphia to win the party's nod.
Clinton, a former secretary of State, U.S. senator and first lady, becomes the first woman to lead a major-party presidential ticket.
Robby Mook, Clinton's campaign manager, issued a statement suggesting the campaign thinks the call by the news organizations is premature since it was based on additional new votes from superdelegates, the party officials and activists who have a vote at the convention and can support a candidate regardless of primary results. Superdelegates have been a source of controversy from the beginning of the nominating contests when her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, contended that they gave her an unfair early advantage.
"This is an important milestone, but there are six states that are voting Tuesday, with millions of people heading to the polls, and Hillary Clinton is working to earn every vote. We look forward to Tuesday night, when Hillary Clinton will clinch not only a win in the popular vote, but also the majority of pledged delegates," said Mook.
Clinton drew within 25 delegates of the nomination after the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico voted over the weekend. The newly minted presumptive nominee is planning a victory party Tuesday night in Brooklyn after the results from primaries in New Jersey and California, which the campaign believes will give her an overwhelming lead in both pledged delegates and the popular vote. Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota also hold Democratic contests Tuesday.
"We are on the brink of an historic, unprecedented moment, but we still have work to do, don't we?" Clinton said at a rally Monday night in Long Beach, Calif.. "We have six elections tomorrow and we're going to fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in California,"
In a tweet following the AP announcement, Clinton said she was "flattered" but urged voters in the six states holding contests Tuesday to get out to vote.
The Clinton campaign is cautious about declaring victory after Sanders has repeatedly vowed to fight all the way to the party’s convention in July in Philadelphia.
Speaking in Los Angeles days ago, he said it “will be a contested convention.” The early call may fuel hard feelings among Sanders and his supporters, who’ve repeatedly complained that the system is “rigged.”
Michael Briggs, a Sanders spokesman, issued a statement saying “it is unfortunate that the media, in a rush to judgement, are ignoring the Democratic National Committee’s clear statement that it is wrong to count the votes of superdelegates before they actually vote at the convention this summer.”
“Secretary Clinton does not have and will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to secure the nomination,” said Briggs, noting that superdelegates “can change their minds” before the July convention. “Our job from now until the convention is to convince those superdelegates that Bernie is by far the strongest candidate against Donald Trump.”
NBC News also called the race for Clinton, calculating that she has 2,384 delegates to Sanders’ 1,566. John Lapinski, NBC’s director of elections, said the decision was made to declare a winner after additional superdelegates in 10 states indicated their intention to support Clinton.
Those new votes undercut Sanders’ argument for staying in the race. Sanders wants to prolong the battle by asking the party to divorce from tradition.
Superdelegates historically back the candidate who wins the most delegates from primaries and caucuses. In 2008, then-senator Barack Obama clinched the nomination against Clinton based on the support of delegates won through voting contests and superdelegates, and his pledged delegate lead was about half as large as her current edge over Sanders.
Sanders has been arguing that he would convince superdelegates to support him based on polls that suggest he runs stronger against Republican Donald Trump in a general election.
“He basically seems to be suggesting that superdelegates should overturn the will of the people,” Clinton said in an interview on MSNBC before she was declared the winner. “That is just hard for me to understand. It’s never happened before, it’s not going to happen this time.”
The big prize Tuesday was supposed to be California, where polls show the two neck and neck in the battle for the state's 475 pledged delegates. While a Sanders win wouldn't dramatically change Clinton’s pledged delegate advantage — Democrats award their delegates proportionally — it would likely embolden him to continue his fight to convince superdelegates to switch their support to him.
It would also encourage him to fight for more policy concessions from Clinton during the convention and thereafter.
Meantime, Clinton has been looking past Sanders and forcefully attacking Trump on national security and his overall temperament for the White House, hitting hard at the GOP real estate mogul.
“I’m tired of Donald Trump, for many reasons, but I’m tired of him downgrading America. I’m tired of him really speaking ill of our country," Clinton said at the top of her speech Monday night in California.
Clinton also hit on themes during a final leg of campaigning in Los Angeles that are likely to figure prominently in her battle against Trump, including education, a pledge to "stand up to the gun lobby" and overhauling the criminal justice system.
“My name may be on the ballot, but I think we’re all on the ballot," Clinton said. "We all have a lot to lose in this election.”
Hillary Clinton is the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, according to the Associated Press, securing enough support from superdelegates to push her over the top on the eve of the final round of state primaries.
Both AP and NBC News reported Monday night that a sufficient number of superdelegates had indicated their support for Clinton to guarantee she will have the 2,383 delegates needed at the party's July in convention in Philadelphia to win the party's nod.
Clinton, a former secretary of State, U.S. senator and first lady, becomes the first woman to lead a major-party presidential ticket.
Robby Mook, Clinton's campaign manager, issued a statement suggesting the campaign thinks the call by the news organizations is premature since it was based on additional new votes from superdelegates, the party officials and activists who have a vote at the convention and can support a candidate regardless of primary results. Superdelegates have been a source of controversy from the beginning of the nominating contests when her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, contended that they gave her an unfair early advantage.
"This is an important milestone, but there are six states that are voting Tuesday, with millions of people heading to the polls, and Hillary Clinton is working to earn every vote. We look forward to Tuesday night, when Hillary Clinton will clinch not only a win in the popular vote, but also the majority of pledged delegates," said Mook.
Clinton drew within 25 delegates of the nomination after the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico voted over the weekend. The newly minted presumptive nominee is planning a victory party Tuesday night in Brooklyn after the results from primaries in New Jersey and California, which the campaign believes will give her an overwhelming lead in both pledged delegates and the popular vote. Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota also hold Democratic contests Tuesday.
"We are on the brink of an historic, unprecedented moment, but we still have work to do, don't we?" Clinton said at a rally Monday night in Long Beach, Calif.. "We have six elections tomorrow and we're going to fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in California,"
In a tweet following the AP announcement, Clinton said she was "flattered" but urged voters in the six states holding contests Tuesday to get out to vote.
The Clinton campaign is cautious about declaring victory after Sanders has repeatedly vowed to fight all the way to the party’s convention in July in Philadelphia.
Speaking in Los Angeles days ago, he said it “will be a contested convention.” The early call may fuel hard feelings among Sanders and his supporters, who’ve repeatedly complained that the system is “rigged.”
Michael Briggs, a Sanders spokesman, issued a statement saying “it is unfortunate that the media, in a rush to judgement, are ignoring the Democratic National Committee’s clear statement that it is wrong to count the votes of superdelegates before they actually vote at the convention this summer.”
“Secretary Clinton does not have and will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to secure the nomination,” said Briggs, noting that superdelegates “can change their minds” before the July convention. “Our job from now until the convention is to convince those superdelegates that Bernie is by far the strongest candidate against Donald Trump.”
NBC News also called the race for Clinton, calculating that she has 2,384 delegates to Sanders’ 1,566. John Lapinski, NBC’s director of elections, said the decision was made to declare a winner after additional superdelegates in 10 states indicated their intention to support Clinton.
Those new votes undercut Sanders’ argument for staying in the race. Sanders wants to prolong the battle by asking the party to divorce from tradition.
Superdelegates historically back the candidate who wins the most delegates from primaries and caucuses. In 2008, then-senator Barack Obama clinched the nomination against Clinton based on the support of delegates won through voting contests and superdelegates, and his pledged delegate lead was about half as large as her current edge over Sanders.
Sanders has been arguing that he would convince superdelegates to support him based on polls that suggest he runs stronger against Republican Donald Trump in a general election.
“He basically seems to be suggesting that superdelegates should overturn the will of the people,” Clinton said in an interview on MSNBC before she was declared the winner. “That is just hard for me to understand. It’s never happened before, it’s not going to happen this time.”
The big prize Tuesday was supposed to be California, where polls show the two neck and neck in the battle for the state's 475 pledged delegates. While a Sanders win wouldn't dramatically change Clinton’s pledged delegate advantage — Democrats award their delegates proportionally — it would likely embolden him to continue his fight to convince superdelegates to switch their support to him.
It would also encourage him to fight for more policy concessions from Clinton during the convention and thereafter.
Meantime, Clinton has been looking past Sanders and forcefully attacking Trump on national security and his overall temperament for the White House, hitting hard at the GOP real estate mogul.
“I’m tired of Donald Trump, for many reasons, but I’m tired of him downgrading America. I’m tired of him really speaking ill of our country," Clinton said at the top of her speech Monday night in California.
Clinton also hit on themes during a final leg of campaigning in Los Angeles that are likely to figure prominently in her battle against Trump, including education, a pledge to "stand up to the gun lobby" and overhauling the criminal justice system.
“My name may be on the ballot, but I think we’re all on the ballot," Clinton said. "We all have a lot to lose in this election.”
[경향신문] 힐러리 '매직넘버' 달성...미 역사상 첫 여성 대선후보
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AP통신은 6일(현지시간) 힐러리가 7월 민주당 전당대회 대의원의 절반인 2383명을 확보했다고 보도했다. 1812명은 주별 경선으로 확보한 대의원이고, 571명은 당연직 슈퍼대의원이다. 다만 슈퍼대의원 수는 AP가 자체 집계한 것이며, 전당대회에서 자유롭게 표를 던질 수 있는 사람들이어서 버니 샌더스의 추격에 따라 막판에 표의 향방이 바뀔 가능성을 완전히 배제할 수는 없다. 샌더스 측 대의원 수는 슈퍼대의원 48명을 포함해 1569명으로 집계됐다.
힐러리는 이날 캘리포니아에서 유세를 하면서 “내 지지자들은 열정적이었고 전념을 다해 뛰었다”며 “그들은 전국에서 여러가지 이유를 가지고 많은 수가 내게 투표했지만 그 이유들 중 하나는 이 나라와 우리가 지지하는 것들에 대해 위대하고 역사적인 이야기를 해주는 여성 대통령을 갖겠다는 신념이었다”고 말했다. 그는 여성 대통령을 향한 이런 열망은 “매우 감정에 호소하는 것이었다”고 덧붙였다.
워싱턴포스트는 힐러리가 마침내 대선후보로 지명되게 됐다며 “퍼스트레이디였고 상원의원과 국무장관을 거진 그는 남성들만이 주요 정당들에서 (대선후보)자리를 차지했던 200여년의 역사에 종식을 고했다”고 보도했다.
2008년 당내 경선에서 버락 오바마 바람에 막혀 대선 출마가 좌절됐던 힐러리는 이번 경선에서도 샌더스라는 예기치 못했던 다크호스를 만나 힘겨운 싸움을 치러야 했다. 지난해 2월 출마선언 때만 해도 아웃사이더에 불과했던 샌더스는 돌풍을 일으키며 힐러리를 위협했다.
아직까지도 경쟁이 완전히 끝나지는 않았다. 7일 캘리포니아, 뉴저지 등 6개 주 경선이 끝나야 128일 간의 레이스가 종료된다. 힐러리는 7일 ‘대선 후보 선언’을 할 것으로 보이며, 이번 주 안에 버락 오바마 대통령도 나서서 힐러리 지지 선언을 할 것으로 알려졌다.
그러나 대의원 546명이 걸린 캘리포니아에서 힐러리가 샌더스에게 큰 차이로 이기지 못하거나 패배할 경우 샌더스 측이 ‘전당대회 뒤집기’를 시도할 가능성이 높다. 샌더스는 힐러리의 본선 경쟁력을 문제삼으며 슈퍼대의원들을 자기 편으로 돌리려 하고 있다. 샌더스는 또 슈퍼대의원을 빼고 계산해, 힐러리측 일반 대의원 수가 매직넘버에 못 미치면 7월 전당대회를 경쟁식으로 치르자고 주장한다.
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미국 역사상 첫 여성 대선후보. 민주당 대선 주자로 나선 힐러리 클린턴 전 미국 국무장관이 마침내 전당대회 대의원 수의 과반인 ‘매직넘버’를 달성, 사실상 후보로 확정됐다. 이제 11월 미 대선 본선은 힐러리 대 공화당 도널드 트럼프의 양자 구도로 굳어지게 됐다.AP통신은 6일(현지시간) 힐러리가 7월 민주당 전당대회 대의원의 절반인 2383명을 확보했다고 보도했다. 1812명은 주별 경선으로 확보한 대의원이고, 571명은 당연직 슈퍼대의원이다. 다만 슈퍼대의원 수는 AP가 자체 집계한 것이며, 전당대회에서 자유롭게 표를 던질 수 있는 사람들이어서 버니 샌더스의 추격에 따라 막판에 표의 향방이 바뀔 가능성을 완전히 배제할 수는 없다. 샌더스 측 대의원 수는 슈퍼대의원 48명을 포함해 1569명으로 집계됐다.
힐러리는 이날 캘리포니아에서 유세를 하면서 “내 지지자들은 열정적이었고 전념을 다해 뛰었다”며 “그들은 전국에서 여러가지 이유를 가지고 많은 수가 내게 투표했지만 그 이유들 중 하나는 이 나라와 우리가 지지하는 것들에 대해 위대하고 역사적인 이야기를 해주는 여성 대통령을 갖겠다는 신념이었다”고 말했다. 그는 여성 대통령을 향한 이런 열망은 “매우 감정에 호소하는 것이었다”고 덧붙였다.
워싱턴포스트는 힐러리가 마침내 대선후보로 지명되게 됐다며 “퍼스트레이디였고 상원의원과 국무장관을 거진 그는 남성들만이 주요 정당들에서 (대선후보)자리를 차지했던 200여년의 역사에 종식을 고했다”고 보도했다.
2008년 당내 경선에서 버락 오바마 바람에 막혀 대선 출마가 좌절됐던 힐러리는 이번 경선에서도 샌더스라는 예기치 못했던 다크호스를 만나 힘겨운 싸움을 치러야 했다. 지난해 2월 출마선언 때만 해도 아웃사이더에 불과했던 샌더스는 돌풍을 일으키며 힐러리를 위협했다.
아직까지도 경쟁이 완전히 끝나지는 않았다. 7일 캘리포니아, 뉴저지 등 6개 주 경선이 끝나야 128일 간의 레이스가 종료된다. 힐러리는 7일 ‘대선 후보 선언’을 할 것으로 보이며, 이번 주 안에 버락 오바마 대통령도 나서서 힐러리 지지 선언을 할 것으로 알려졌다.
그러나 대의원 546명이 걸린 캘리포니아에서 힐러리가 샌더스에게 큰 차이로 이기지 못하거나 패배할 경우 샌더스 측이 ‘전당대회 뒤집기’를 시도할 가능성이 높다. 샌더스는 힐러리의 본선 경쟁력을 문제삼으며 슈퍼대의원들을 자기 편으로 돌리려 하고 있다. 샌더스는 또 슈퍼대의원을 빼고 계산해, 힐러리측 일반 대의원 수가 매직넘버에 못 미치면 7월 전당대회를 경쟁식으로 치르자고 주장한다.
아직 게임이 끝난게 아닌만큼, 딴건 모르겠고(?)
샌더스 지지자들을 어떻게 설득할지의 여부에 따라
미국의 운명이 좌우될듯ㅇㅇ
샌더스 지지자들을 어떻게 설득할지의 여부에 따라
미국의 운명이 좌우될듯ㅇㅇ
문제는 샌더스 지지자중 50%가 '최악보다는 차악'이라는 개념이 없는지라...'ㅅ';;;
※정치는 알못인 본인이 제안하건데(?), 샌더스옹에게 쎈자리 한자리 - 특히 경제 쪽으로 한자리 선사하시라. 그러면 필필승ㅇㅇ