NPR: The AP news broke just as Bernie took the podium in San Francisco

Bernie vows to fight on in his stump speech, which is just like all his others; his campaign chairman in Jersey says yep, they're planning to take it all the way to the convention to let the superdelegates decide, and he thinks they'll back Bernie.

Personally I think Bernie's going to pull the plug tomorrow night.

Sanders only needs 814 delegates to clinch

StevenLeser Appreciation Thread

Steve you are one of the good guys

Big Dog Bill comes home to Compton

Bill Clinton speaks at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary, Compton, CA, introduced by the legendary Maxine Waters:

Big Dog Bill comes to William Jefferson Clinton Elementary, Compton, CA

COMPTON ? CLINTON -- Introduced by LA's legendary US Rep. Maxine Waters who co-sponsored Conyers' bill calling for reparations for slavery and though a member of Bernie's progressive caucus has endorsed you guessed it Hillary Clinton:









No one can give a speech like the Big Dog who laid out Hillary's college loan repayment program and many, many other policies and made it all sound fascinating and yes I shook his hand and thanked him for coming to Cali WOO HOO!

"I do solemnly swear . . .

OUPblog: Sanders’ contradiction on trade and immigration

BY RICHARD S. GROSSMAN JUNE 1ST 2016
Oxford University Press

How does Sanders fit into the Trump “punish foreigners” mold? After all, his views on immigration could hardly be more different than those of Trump. He favors a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, proposes easing barriers to asylum seekers, and opposes the current detention and deportation system and the militarization of the US border.

Although Sanders is happy to welcome immigrants to work in the United States, like Trump he is vehemently opposed to helping them work in their home countries—if that results in increased imports to the United States. Sanders takes pride in having opposed every trade deal ever presented to Congress, including NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement), CAFTA (the Central America Free Trade Agreement), and the normalization of trade relations with China.

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What distinguishes Sanders from Trump is that he actually gives a damn about people who are not native-born Americans. This is admirable. And using America’s position as a major player in the global economy to promote fair labor practices and more strict environmental standards around the world should be high on the agenda of the next president.

Nonetheless, Sanders’ policy of being kind to foreigners when they want to immigrate, but hostile to them when they want to stay home and sell us stuff makes no sense.


Richard S. Grossman is a Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, USA and a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science.

http://blog.oup.com/2016/06/sanders-trump-trade-immigration/

feel the earth move. . .

"Hero's welcome": San Jose ♥ Hillary

Sounds like she's really in trouble here Note the nice words about Bernie:


Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets supporters as she makes a campaign appearance at Parkside Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 26, 2016.

San Jose: Hillary Clinton bashes 'loose cannon' Trump

SAN JOSE -- Facing a tightening primary battle in California and renewed criticism over her tenure as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton received a hero's welcome Thursday from more than 1,000 supporters in downtown San Jose eager to help the likely Democratic nominee get her campaign back on track.

Clinton devoted much of her 25-minute address in Parkside Hall to blasting "loose cannon" Donald Trump, who clinched the Republican nomination Thursday, as a menace to the world and working-class Americans alike.

"People say you talk about Trump a lot ... and I'll tell you why," Clinton said. "Because what he is saying is dangerous and divisive; what he is saying is harmful to our future and our country."

Clinton took a much different tack with Bernie Sanders, whom she described as a kindred spirit who would help her defeat Trump after they battle it out in the days leading up to California's June 7 primary.

"We are on the same page," she said, noting her support of universal health coverage, making college affordable and reining in Wall Street. "We are going to be coming together as a unified Democratic Party ... because Sen. Sanders and I -- our supporters together-- have so much more in common than we do with Donald Trump."

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/bay-area-news/ci_29942585/clinton-san-jose-sanders-and-trump-ponder-california

If Sanders won EVERY pledged delegate in California, he'd still be 82 short of a PD majority.

A majority of pledged (elected) delegates = 2,026. Right now, Hillary has 1,769 PDs, and Sanders has 1,469 PDs. If Sanders won every pledged delegate in California, he would have 1,469 + 475 = 1,944 PDs. That's 82 short of a pledged delegate majority.

And once we include the super delegates, who give Hillary a much bigger spread, Sanders needs to win 841 out of 914 total remaining delegates to clinch at 2,383. Yes, it's still mathematically possible, but the chances of it happening are infinitesimal.

Figures from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/democratic_delegate_count.html