what it means to cinch the nomination

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1. "The answer: history says the first person to get to the magic number is the presumptive nominee,

and says it unambiguously, even if the losers often disagree."

snips from your link..

I'm crying now.. remembering it..

But when I watched this play out live back then, with its bizarre mix of the heartbreaking and the heartwarming, I cried. Like a baby. I think I could see the pain of watching the dream she had pursued for so long slip away. But on top of it is this pride in her party, which is less than 120 seconds away from voting in the first African-American candidate for the Presidency, with a good chance of taking back the White House.

Was it completely scripted? Yeah, the actions were. The feelings, however, were real. Mine, Clinton’s, the party’s. Chuckie Schumer’s. Everybody’s

In 2008, I was Anyone But Clinton, but in the end, it was she who taught me what it meant to be a Democrat..

First, most non-incumbent candidates have needed superdelegates to win, and the history of superdelegates has been that once a Democrat hits the magic number and becomes the nominee, superdelegates are more likely to flow to the nominee than from them.

Mahalo, bob.. good find!