The Note: Clinton Closes in On Clinching

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. June 6, 2016 MORE POLITICS > Clinton Closes in On Clinching Puerto Rico Win Puts Clinton Closer To Magic Number Hillary Clinton is within striking distance of securing the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination -- and of making history as the first woman of either major party to do so. Following the results from the Puerto Rico primary last night, the Democratic frontrunner had 2,358 delegates -- including super-delegates -- at this hour, according to a count by ABC News -- putting her just 25 delegates shy of the 2,383 needed to become her party's presumptive nominee, ABC's LIZ KREUTZ reports. Clinton added more than 30 delegates to her total after defeating her rival, Bernie Sanders, to win the island's primary on Sunday. http://abcn.ws/1U8awSR READ MORE   What Happens Next Clinton is expected to officially clinch the nomination tomorrow when voters go to the polls in California, New Jersey, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and New Mexico. Her campaign hopes she'll hit the magic delegate number after polls close in New Jersey early in the evening, KREUTZ notes. Clinton is in a tighter than expected race against Sanders in California, which represents the largest delegate prize on Tuesday. For his part, Sanders has vowed to fight on until the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this summer. In the build up to Tuesday, Clinton has recently made a point of acknowledging the historic nature of her candidacy as she campaigns across the country. "Starting next Tuesday, we're on our way to breaking the highest and hardest glass ceiling," Clinton said at a rally in Culver City last week.  http://abcn.ws/1Y53aRK  READ MORE   Flashback Tomorrow marks exactly eight years to the date from when Clinton dropped out of the primary race against then-Senator Barack Obama in 2008. "Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time," she said during her concession remarks on June 7, 2008, "Thanks to you, it has about 18 million cracks in it and the light is shining through like never before." Clinton will celebrate Tuesday's primaries in her home state of New York with a campaign event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, not far from where her campaign is headquartered. http://abcn.ws/1U8awSR READ MORE   Analysis -- ABC's Rick Klein Maybe the plan for shortening Donald Trump's short list is as simple as having his surrogates go on television for him. The latest examples came in the wake of Trump's insistence that a federal judge's Mexican heritage leaves him unqualified to hear a case against Trump, a statement that Trump defenders have been loath to defend. Sen. Bob Corker, on ABC's "This Week": "I don't condone the comments." Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, on "Fox News Sunday": "This is one of the worst mistakes Trump has made. I think it's inexcusable." Is anyone on board with Trump for this one? What about the next one, or 10? Every campaign gets second-guessed by supporters and surrogates. But Trump is drawing out more than that -- not just angst, but outright rejection from those who describe themselves as supporters. If Trump insists on 100 percent loyalty from his vice-presidential pick, the list is already minuscule. Fact Check: A Close Look at the Clinton Campaign's Characterization of the Candidate's Q&A with Traveling Press Corps A Clinton campaign official on Sunday fought back against the notion that Hillary Clinton is reluctant to talk to reporters by saying the Democratic presidential candidate "oftentimes" spends 15 to 20 minutes talking to her traveling press corps after campaign events. "There's no reluctance," Clinton's national press secretary Brian Fallon said on CNN's "Reliable Sources" about the Democratic presidential candidate's willingness to engage with the press. "Bottom line is she's answering questions from reporters covering her day to day," he added. But according to an ABC News tally, Clinton has held just nine press avails with her traveling press corps since January, all of which have lasted 10 minutes or less. ABC's Liz Kreutz has more. http://abcn.ws/24rUSD8 READ MORE   Trump Suggests Muslim Judge Might Also Be Unfair Donald Trump, already facing bi-partisan backlash for his comments suggesting a judge of Mexican descent is unfit to preside over a lawsuit filed against Trump University because of "bias," has gone further, suggesting that a Muslim judge would also not be able to treat him fairly. On CBS's "Face the Nation," host John Dickerson asked the presumptive Republican nominee, who has said that if elected president he would consider banning Muslims from coming to the U.S., whether a Muslim judge would also be out of the question. "It's possible, yes. Yeah. That would be possible, absolutely," Trump responded. ABC's CANDACE SMITH notes that this new firestorm began after Trump suggested that Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who presides over one of the lawsuits involving the now-closed Trump University, has an "absolute conflict" because of his Mexican heritage. http://abcn.ws/1Ur7cOy READ MORE   Corker: Trump is 'Going to Have to Change' Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker has a recommendation for Donald Trump's campaign: It's time to shift from primary mode to the general election matchup. The Tennessee senator, who appeared on ABC News' "This Week" on Sunday, said the likely Republican presidential nominee would have to begin to adjust his tone as he moves toward the 2016 GOP convention unopposed, ABC's ALI ROGIN reports. "They've moved beyond the primary process this week to move to the World Series of this election," Sen. Corker told George Stephanopoulos. "I think that he's going to have to change. I'm not talking about him necessarily changing his views, but I think that he's moving into a different phase, he's talking to the right people." http://abcn.ws/1taaLmA READ MORE   FOLLOW ABC NEWS You Might Like This email was sent to bamsdum.xiomi@blogger.com Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. Newsletter Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter "Political Unit: The Note" at this email address, you may click here to unsubscribe. Add me to the ABC News Do Not Email List This email contains an advertisement from ABCNews, 7 WEST 66th Street, New York, NY 10023. To unsubscribe from all types of future commercial email from ABC News regarding its products and services, click here. © 2016 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved. ,

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