New Jersey will clinch the nomination for Hillary Clinton. It's over on June 7th.

Do you wonder why some Sander supporters have a difficult time accepting he will lose? You really have to look no further than the candidate himself.

You see, leaders lead by example. His actions have a direct impact on how his supporters behave. Sorry, but this is the truth. So when he goes on the Young Turks and tells them Clinton’s strategy is to announce the race is over after NJ votes, he only gins up his most ardent supporters. Those supporters who can’t face reality and accept he lost this contest fair and square.

How dare she claim victory like Barack Obama did in 2008!

.@BernieSanders tells @TheYoungTurks the "Clinton strategy" is to announce the race is "over" after New Jersey votes on June 7.

Nate Silver replied to this tweet and he couldn't have been more spot on in his response. Hillary Clinton has more pledged delegates and 3 million more votes.

Silly details, but as most of us know this is exactly how you win elections.

Clinton "strategy" is to persuade more "people" to "vote" for her, hence producing "majority" of "delegates". https://t.co/ZiNz9elLLW

What Hillary Clinton will announce on June 7th, after NJ is called, will be absolutely no different than what happened in 2008. 

Barack Obama claimed the Democratic nomination in Minnesota on June 3rd, 2008. He was right to do so, no matter what Hillary or her supporters thought.

You know why? Once again, refer to the voters. There is nothing rigged when you win more states, pledged delegates and votes. You win, period.

www.americanrhetoric.com/...

Because of you, tonight I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for the President of the United States of America.

We don’t choose our party’s nominee based on polling, or claiming the system is rigged, or saying it’s dumb or by a minority of vocal supporters who are unable to graciously accept defeat.

The 2008 convention ended up being but a mere formality and no one is going to usurp the will of the voters at the 2016 convention. This misguided notion that a superdelegate miracle will save us from those pesky voters is absurd.

When Hillary claims the Democratic nomination on June 7th, 2016, you will either accept her victory as legitimate or you will not. For the folks who refuse to accept the will of the voters, you can choose to follow the path of Shaun King. In the case of Mr. King, he was never in it to improve the party anyway.

For the majority of Sander supporters who are actually committed to changing things within our party, I applaud you. Senator Sanders polices and ideas aren't about the candidate, they’re about you. They transcend the losing candidate in this race.

I believe Meteor Blades said this best back In March of this year.

Here’s a few excerpts from this outstanding and realistic diary. I suggest you read the entire diary, because he’s optimistic that the movement can make a difference. Win or lose.

www.dailykos.com/…

It’s pretty clear, however, that Sanders’ likelihood of gaining the nomination is pretty damned small. Obviously, I wish that weren’t the case. But while I can be the loudest of cheerleaders, I’m also a realist and in my life I have been involved in, seen and read about too many political campaigns to fool myself into believing some magical math. And the actual math is just not in Sanders’ favor, just as many of us early supporters, and Sanders himself, figured it wouldn’t be from the get-go.

Yet for somebody who started off cold, stuck in the single digits in nearly every poll, he’s done remarkably well and he’s gotten a chance to deliver his crucial message to millions of people. He’s also done remarkably well showing us the possibilities for winning future contests with small-donor money. And not only presidential races, but all the way down the ballot. Even if he doesn’t get the nomination, his campaign gives us reason for optimism. 

What I hope comes out of his candidacy is the same thing I hoped for when I first backed him 15 months ago: a multi-year wave of candidates of all ages and colors who like Sanders’ ideas and want to turn them and their own ideas into U.S. policy. That, plus “street politics” are what it’s going to take to transform our nation. The kind of transformation we need can’t be done from the top down. It has to be from the bottom up. The enthusiasm we’ve seen in the crowds who’ve shown up for Sanders’ speeches, especially from younger people, convinces me that I am not just dreaming the impossible dream in my dotage.

But that’s long-term. Just eight months from now, we’ll all be facing a ballot that looks more and more like Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump.

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71 more delegates and we have our nominee: interactives.ap.org/...