Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Meet as Their Battle Ends

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Via NBC

The Democratic Party establishment's long, awkward, and occasionally frightening nightmare is over — or at least just about.

Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the final primary in the Democratic Party's presidential nominating process Tuesday night, just as she sat down for a highly anticipated summit with rival Bernie Sanders.

The carefully choreographed meeting ran for nearly two hours at the neutral territory of the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.

Afterwards, both candidates released nearly identical statements calling the meeting "positive" and saying they had agreed to work together to defeat Donald Trump.

"The two discussed a variety of progressive issues where they share common goals like raising wages for working families, eliminating undisclosed money in politics and reducing the cost of college for students and their families," a Clinton official said, echoing the same policy items listed in Sanders' statement.

However, while Clinton's statement discussed "unifying the party," Sanders' made no mention of the "u" word.

The forever front-runner ended up taking 34 states to Sanders' 23, including the biggest prizes, and winning millions more votes and hundreds more pledged delegates. Meanwhile, the most recent general election polls show Clinton well ahead of Donald Trump — despite holdout Sanders supporters.

Still, Sanders has refused to concede the race. He hoped to extract concessions from Clinton on the Democratic platform and other issues during Tuesday's confab, their first face-to-face meeting in months.

Sanders' actions in recent days have made it clear he is no longer really trying to win the presidency.

There are no events on his calendar, no more talk of flipping superdelegates, and almost no fundraising emails. He's said repeatedly that he's prepared to help the Democratic Party stop Donald Trump

The question is how. Aides say they're still working that out, aware that some of his most die-hard supporters will view an endorsement of Clinton as capitulation.

Sanders will address supporters Thursday on a teleconference, during which he's expected to discuss his future. No matter what, he has earned a place in shaping the future of the Democratic Party.

This weekend, many of his top outside allies will convene in Chicago to plot the future of the Sanders movement, with or without the Vermont senator.

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I see the party coming together.

I really do.

Emotions may be running a little high now, but when it comes down to it, none of us democrats want Trump in that White House. 

 

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Sanders should be the Vice-president