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Clinton, Democrats Confronting Dangerous Divisions Within Party
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-18/clinton-democrats-confronting-dangerous-divisions-within-partyHillary Clinton’s claim of a narrow victory in Kentucky and Bernie Sanders’ win in Oregon illustrated a deepening rift among Democrats with the potential to hobble the party heading into the general election.
The split outcome in Tuesday’s primaries gives Clinton little leverage to push Sanders to unify his supporters behind her in preparation for an expected campaign against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, who is using the extended primary contest to attack Clinton’s standing with her own party.
Sanders showed no intention of dialing back his fight against Clinton or urging his supporters to fall in line. His spokesman said Sanders is considering seeking a recount in Kentucky, where Clinton was clinging to a lead of a half percentage point.
“We are in until the last ballot is cast,” Sanders told supporters at a rally in Carson, California, saying he believes he can win the June 7 primary in the nation’s most populous state. “We have the possibility -- it will be a steep climb, I recognize that -- but we have the possibility of going to Philadelphia with the majority of the pledged delegates,” Sanders said of the July nominating convention. He said in early general election poll match-ups he does “much better against Trump” than Clinton.
Clinton has 96 percent of the delegates and superdelegates needed to clinch the nomination, according to an Associated Press estimate Wednesday. Sanders has 64 percent. He’d need to win about two-thirds of the rest of the pledged delegates to pull even with Clinton by the end of the nominating race, according to AP.
With her lead in the nomination race all but insurmountable, Clinton and party leaders had been looking to take advantage of a split in the Republican Party over Trump that has been opening since the start of the primary campaign. Instead, they’re dealing with their own divisions. That was illustrated with an eruption by Sanders’ supporters during last weekend’s state party convention in Nevada.
Its really scary,to go to a rally,we been to many,back then,when younger it was peaceful only big thing we will be going to is Paul McCartney concert.. in our hometown
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before and he is awesome. I've been a HUGE Beatles fan since I was just a young girl watching them make their American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show! I always enjoy seeing your dancing Paul saying "Let it be" 
