2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)In California, we registered thousands and thousands of first-time voters who support Bernie. [View all]
And now the Associated Press counts the super delegates to decide that Hillary has already won.
I remember how I felt as a young woman in 1963, just married a few months before the Kennedy assassination.
There is a sense of hope that is taken when a political leader who is loved by the young is taken before it is time.
That is what the AP has done: taken away the hope of a generation of California voters before it is time.
Shame on them.
Shame on the AP.
Hillary is not the nominee until the convention.
Is Hillary's desire to win at all cost so great that she is willing to squelch the enthusiasm of so many young, first-time voters?
I think this will drastically depress support for Hilary in November.
Yet another reason to be cynical and to give up. That is what this will mean to many, many young Californians who will cast their first votes tomorrow.
The cynicism of our party politics and our press is beyond understanding.