The AP has covered a lot of elections. They have written procedures. [View all]

[gollygee]

They don't make this stuff up on the fly. They always decide races based on the same information. The information they look for is here, so they're calling the race.

There is gray area on election night as results come in, but this is clear. They are handling this race just like they've handled every other one.

There is no conspiracy and Hillary isn't behind what they do. I assure you, no one at AP is calling Hillary asking her when they should call the race.

If there was a conversation at AP, it would have sounded something like:

"We have the information we need to call the race, but it's right before the California primary."

"We have to follow our written procedure. We can't change how we do things from one election to the next."

"OK we'll go with it."