The Note: It's Not Over Till It's Over

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June 8, 2016

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It's Not Over Till It's Over

Clinton Acknowledges Historic Nomination as 'Milestone' for Women

"Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone," Hillary Clinton said during a victory speech in Brooklyn last night in which she embraced her status as the presumptive Democratic nominee. She added that it was the "first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee of the United States." It's an achievement the former secretary of state has called "emotional." Clinton took a few swipes at the Republican presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, calling him "temperamentally unfit" to be president, according to ABC's PAOLA CHAVEZ, JOSH HASKELL, MATTHEW CLAIBORNE and MEGHAN KENEALLY. "When he says, 'Let's make America great again,' that is code for 'Let's take America backwards,'" she said. http://abcn.ws/1Uo8OJ4

In An Emotional Tribute to Her Late Mother

Clinton spoke very personally about how it felt to be the presumptive nominee. "On the very day my mother was born, in Chicago, Congress was passing the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. That amendment finally gave women the right to vote," Clinton said as the crowd danced and cheered, adding, "I wish she could see her daughter become the Democratic Party's nominee." http://abcn.ws/1Uo8OJ4

Sanders Stays In

Sen. Bernie Sanders is not dropping out of the presidential race, he told supporters at a rally last night. He said of next week's primary in the District of Columbia, "We are going to fight hard. We are going to fight hard to win the primary in Washington D.C. And then we take our fight for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!" The Vermont Senator was introduced as "the next president of the United States" by his staff moments before he took the stage in Santa Monica, California, according to ABC's MARYALICE PARKS and BRIAN MCBRIDE: http://abcn.ws/1WElnpD

The Scene

The crowd, between 2,000 and 3,000 people, cheered for over a minute before Sanders spoke. He thanked the room for "being part of the political revolution" and being ready to "fight for real change." He acknowledged how far his long-shot campaign had come since the beginning of the primary season "All of you know that when we began this campaign a little bit over a year ago, we were considered to be a fringe campaign," said Sanders. "But over the last year I think that has changed just a little bit. By the end of tonight we'll have won, I believe, 22 state primaries and caucuses. We will have received well over ten million votes." http://abcn.ws/1WElnpD

Analysis -- ABC's Rick Klein

There's a question that's been puzzling Democratic operatives, both inside and outside the Clinton campaign, for weeks now: What does Bernie want? That is to say, now that it's overwhelmingly obvious he won't get what he really wants, what will Bernie Sanders settle for? The time has come for him to sort through the conflicting advice of his advisers and get over any personal affronts to chart a new path forward. He's earned the right to something, and something more than a party platform can deliver. As dangerous as he was to Hillary Clinton's campaign before is as powerful as he can be for the Democratic Party now. But first he needs to decide and enunciate what he actually wants.