TO THE BUNKER, TO THE BUNKER! – AT 9:38 A.M. ET:  Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic nomination.  But there's one guy up in Vermont who doesn't want to hear it.  From The Politico: 

Bernie Sanders early Wednesday morning pledged to "fight on" in the Democratic primary, even after Hillary Clinton secured the delegates needed to clinch the nomination.

He's convinced there are reserve divisions in the West.

"Next Tuesday we continue the fight in the last primary in Washington, D.C.," Sanders said, as the crowd of supporters roared in Santa Monica.

“And then we take our fight for social, economic, racial and environmental justice to Philadelphia," Sanders said, promising to continue his campaign all the way to the convention in July.

This, despite delegate math that shows Clinton has the Democratic nomination in hand after defeating Sanders in both the delegate count and popular vote.

“I am pretty good at arithmetic and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight but we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate that we can get," Sanders told the enthusiastic California crowd.

The Vermont senator said he spoke in separate phone calls with both Clinton and President Barack Obama. He plans to sit down with Obama in person on Thursday – a move that might delay any rollout of a White House endorsement for Clinton.

"Tonight I had a very gracious call from Secretary Clinton and congratulated her on her victories tonight," Sanders said.

But Sanders' decision to stay in the race ensures the Democratic Party remains divided and sets the stage for potential conflict – or at least competing visions – when party elite gather in Philadelphia.

COMMENT:  This is what happens when you let a guy run in the Democratic primaries who isn't even a member of the party.  There's no loyalty, no common effort.  Ditto the GOP.  Trump isn't even a Republian.

We've got to do a lot better in 2020.  Start preparing.

June 8,  2016