California governor Jerry Brown posted an open letter to his website this weekend addressed to Democrats and independents in California:
I have closely watched the primaries and am deeply impressed with how well Bernie Sanders has done. He has driven home the message that the top one percent has unfairly captured way too much of America’s wealth, leaving the majority of people far behind. In 1992, I attempted a similar campaign.
For her part, Hillary Clinton has convincingly made the case that she knows how to get things done and has the tenacity and skill to advance the Democratic agenda. Voters have responded by giving her approximately 3 million more votes — and hundreds more delegates — than Sanders. If Clinton were to win only 10 percent of the remaining delegates — wildly improbable — she would still exceed the number needed for the nomination. In other words, Clinton’s lead is insurmountable and Democrats have shown — by millions of votes — that they want her as their nominee.
Brown goes on to make the case for uniting behind Clinton now, ahead of the June 7th primaries. The risk posed by Donald Trump is too great — Brown cites climate change, nuclear weapons, and the Supreme Court — and Democrats need to unite now. “This is no time for Democrats to keep fighting each other,” Brown writes. “The general election has already begun.”
Read the whole thing here.
California is not a battleground state, therefore, if you live in that state, it doesn’t matter who you vote for. There’s your math! If you don’t like Clinton because, I dunno, of her role in the slap on UBS’s wrist after they were found to be laundering money to terrorists and aiding US tax evaders (and then UBS later gave buttloads of money to the clinton foundation), then don’t vote for her! Don’t vote for Trump, either. Californians, the presidency isn’t a popular vote. The lesser of two evils is not your only option.
Oh, I see. Dan wrote that headline. It did seem too sensible for the Merc staff to have written.