What the AP did was like calling the presidential election on November 1 based on a Gallup poll

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It would have been one thing if Hillary attained a majority of pledged delegates, even before all the votes were cast in every state. That is what happened in 2004. That's normal.

Even if a bunch of supers publicly came out in support of her yesterday, it might have made more sense, although Bernie is correct that they have not voted yet.

However, what the AP did was call around to superdelegates and then call the race a day before the last big primaries based on the private representations of superdelegates who would not even go public about how they plan to vote a month and a half from now.

How is that different from the AP calling the general election the day beforehand based on which candidate was leading in the final Gallup poll?

FWIW, I don't think they did either candidate a favor. They shortchanged voters of both candidates in the last 6 states plus DC, they preemptively minimized whatever success Bernie might have tonight, success which might have, as many of you have called for, enabled him to go out on a high note. And they shortchanged Hillary by stealing her thunder and making what is undeniably a historic moment anti-climactic.

I don't see why we are fighting about this. What the AP did was bad for the whole party, and it's part of a larger pattern this season of brushing the Democratic candidates and their achievements aside to make room for the All Trump, All The Time show. We should all be mad about it.