Gleaning Facebook: It's Hillary!

I think we have our Democratic nominee. She will be the first major party presidential nominee who is also a female. She has a record of great achievement as a lawyer, first lady, senator, and secretary of state. She has spent her entire adult life as a proponent of practical progressive politics. She is rated by the fact-checkers as the most honest of any of the five remaining candidates of the two major parties. I am proud to support Hillary Clinton to become our next president!

For the Democratic Party and the American people Hillary Clinton's victories make this a very good night.

PBS: Clinton could lose every remaining contest and still win the nomination

Comments:

Howard Smith
Her remarks tonight were her best campaign speech yet. I also note, since numbers matter, far more people voted in the Democrat primaries than the Republican primaries in each of these five states.

Terrell Shaw
Wow! Hillary has won 4 of the 5 primaries tonight. She received many more votes than any of the Republicans.

John Lee
She did phenomenal tonight! Pretty sure Trumps comments about women tonight (Did you see Christys wifes shocked expression?!) just cost him the election. No doubt in my mind that she will easily do well in the GE. 

Terrell Shaw
Hillary beat Trump's vote totals in all five states including RI where Sanders beat her, but she easily beat Trump..Trump trailed BOTH Democratic candidates in total votes in MD, CT, and RI. I wish someone in the news media would notice that.

Melanie Collette Babb
Sam and I were amazed at the vote totals in New York. We have been noticing this for quite some time.

Laurie Craw
Let's just hope she can turn out the vote to beat Trump and that means a whole lot of "I LOVE Hillary" and "Stop Trump" voters together. As crazy as Trump is, beating him won't be a slam-dunk for Hillary. Again, I worry about the passion deficit. If too many disheartened Sanders voters in swing states sit it out, she could be in trouble. She's going to have to make them some new and specific promises she intends to keep. Sanders' under-30 young supporters don't have a history with Hillary or "old" feminists and don't owe her any loyalty for all her battle scars. To them, she's just "the establishment." Of course, I'll vote for her, but to no avail in Georgia. A handful of states will decide it.

Terrell Shaw
Actually, against Trump, Some polling experts say GA would be in play.

Howard Smith
I am not writing GA off yet, either...although a long shot.

David Matheny
Hillary has to connect better with the Voters...Trump, whatever foul a person/candidate he is, has definitely connected with his supporters.

John Lee
I'd say 2.5 millon votes more than Bernie makes her pretty connected. And she's doing better than Obama did at this point in 2008. #Imwithher

Laurie Craw
Not sure those raw vote totals indicate a true "connection." Bernie is a scary candidate to many ("socialist") and he certainly lacks the old Bill folksy, personal charisma. He's a prophet and prophets are prickly. He's turning over the tables of the money;changers in the temple. (No, I don't think he's "the messiah.") He's pointing the way, not promising instant gratification but more hard work and a longer journey to reach the goal. Maybe the youngest voters are naive and idealistic, but without our young "dreamers" where would we be? Maybe we who are nearer to the end than to the future should listen to them. Hillary definitely should.