For the first time ever, I must say that I am disappointed with the Daily Journal. Your June 7 headline story (“Hillary Clinton strides into history: Democratic candidate has delegates to win nomination” in the June 7 edition of the Daily Journal) violates direct guidance from the Democratic National Committee to the Associated Press (and “the press” in general) that superdelegates do not vote until the end of July, and therefore should not be considered when reporting on the status of the primary.
Mrs. Clinton technically does not yet have 2,383 delegates. While it is statistically unlikely that Mr. Sanders can sway them to his side, it is still mathematically possible. This is not over until it’s over, and articles like this are basically a tool to manipulate the public into not voting.
If a business is sure it is going to receive revenue in July and therefore puts it on the books in June, that would be illegal. The Clinton campaign appears to be “cooking the books” when counting delegates who have not yet voted.
I realize that June 7 is California’s (and others’) primaries, so by the time anybody reads this letter the race may have significantly changed. But until Mr. Sanders is either nominated or terminates his campaign, the race is still on, and calling Mrs. Clinton the winner is on a par with “Dewey Defeats Truman.”
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