Having made history as the first woman to lead a major party ticket, Hillary Clinton now enters a critical period of trying to cement her status in Democrats’ hearts and minds, not just with delegate math. The call comes after Obama called Sanders and Clinton on Tuesday evening after voting wrapped up in some of the final primary contests. “He pushed the party and challenged them”, he said. At Sanders’ request, he will meet with Obama at the White House on Thursday, perhaps paving the way for an accord.
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He added, nearly as a warning, “They include more than 400 superdelegates who endorsed Secretary Clinton 10 months before the first caucuses and primaries and long before any other candidate was in the race”.
Clinton said on CNN that she “totally” understands how Sanders’ supporters feel and she congratulated the Vermont senator on his “really extraordinary campaign” in her call to him.
“The main role I’m going to be playing in this process is to remind the American people that this is a serious job”, Obama said. “She is tough. And she deeply cares about working people and putting kids through school and making sure we are growing our economy”, Obama described the former first lady, who he will not officially endorse until after his meeting with Sanders. For Sanders, any rationale for staying in the race grew murkier as even some of his staunchest supporters started looking to Clinton. Sen.
“Some of these places I’m going to be paying attention to, I don’t think they’re going to vote for me”.
Hillary Clinton celebrated the historic milestone during a speech in New York, Tuesday night. “Give him time”, Vice President Joe Biden said when asked if it was time for Sanders to halt his effort. Sanders in the primary”, he said, “but I also suspect that Sen. Sanders remains bitter about some of the things the Clinton camp has said about him and may need a little time to assess the best course.
Trump “represents a great threat to our society and to our economy”, Clinton said in the PBS NewsHour interview, adding that the controversial real estate mogul was not “temperamentally fit” to be president.
Sanders will make his own decision on his own timeline, predicted Stephanie Schriock, president of the EMILY’s List fundraising group, which endorsed Clinton.
“I do not anticipate any formal announcement of an endorsement in the race for the president in advance of his meeting with Senator Sanders tomorrow”, Earnest told reporters in the White House press pool during the flight.
Clinton led Trump 44 to 39 percent in OH in a recent CBS News/YouGov poll, which was taken last month before Clinton became the presumptive nominee.
Hillary Clinton now has the necessary delegates to claim the Democratic presidential nomination.
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There are reports he plans on laying off more than half of his staff. She has made some of the most effective criticisms of Trump in recent weeks and, even more than Obama, has credibility with many Sanders supporters.
