Berned

AP and NBC called Hillary the presumptive nominee for the Democratic nomination last night.  The crickets heard shortly after that was the sound of Bernie's supporters putting their credit cards back in their wallets.  Clinton's victory was inevitable after the New York primary when she opened an insurmountable pledged delegate lead.  Besides that, before the final six states vote, she has 3 million more votes than Bernie.  However, instead of celebrating how far he has come, the grim curmudgeon continues to say he has a chance to win over enough superdelegates to overturn the manifest will of the individual voters.  I know Clinton looked similarly overbearing 8 years ago, but at least she was in a virtual dead heat in the popular vote and closer in pledged delegates.  She had a considerably better claim to the nomination than Sanders does now.  Maybe Bernie will take a couple of days and rethink his vow to make this a "contested convention" and help unite the party.  I'm a little doubtful about this, since Bernie has never had much use for the establishment and at 74 years of age, he won't be waiting until 2024 for another shot at the White House.  The specter of a Trump presidency is about the only thing which will eventually motivate him to endorse Hillary.  Let's hope he doesn't wait too long.