Occam's Razor...

[brooklynite]

Option 1: The Clinton campaign, the DNC and the "corporate media" conspired to announce Superdelegates support in an attempt to quash turnout tomorrow, INCLUDING States Clinton is expected to win easily, with the goal of winning the nomination an entire 24 hours earlier

Option 2: The AP, able to see the likelihood that Clinton would win the nomination tomorrow, decided to do some old-fashioned journalistic research and get a jump on the competition.

[onenote]

1. NOOOOO. It's a conspiracy I tell you. I conspiracy. A fuckin' coup.

Feels as bad as when JFK was assassinated.

(And yes, that last one is from a real DU post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2144160

[PowerToThePeople]

2. Callouts are against tos.

[brooklynite]

4. I think quoting a post is within bounds...

[Cheese Sandwich]

3. It's option 1. The only state in question tomorrow is California

Please tell me you don't think 20+ superdelegates all randomly and independently decided to call the AP the night before the California primary to announce their choice, and they did it without talking to the campaign.

[brooklynite]

6. ...and Clinton would get enough delegates from NJ to make California moot...

[Cheese Sandwich]

8. There are other things at stake here besides the presidency

A Bernie victory in California would make the grassroots progressive left feel very empowered.

It would also be a personal embarrassment for Hillary Clinton.

[YouDig]

12. The grassroots progressive left already seems to feel plenty empowered.

[Cheese Sandwich]

15. needs more empower

[YouDig]

16. Can't they just convince themselves that it's a big corporate conspiracy and empower themselves

like that? It's always worked in the past.

[Cheese Sandwich]

17. that's not a very empowering feeling actually

[YouDig]

18. That's what HA Goodman and Seth Abramson are for. To tell everyone that Bernie won no matter what.

[baldguy]

23. What they needed were votes.

[PepperHarlan]

5. Apparently NBC was calling SD's too

They just got beat. I wouldn't be surprised if the NYT, ABC and CBS were working on being first too. The construct that this was some dark arts trick is ludicrous and reeks of sour grapes.

[joshcryer]

10. They probably didn't expect to be "first."

Just doing due diligence to get an accurate count.

[PepperHarlan]

11. precisely.

It' called journalism, and I believe that is the AP's trade.

[joshcryer]

13. And the supers are elected officials, their numbers are public.

"Hello, X SDs office, how may I help you?"

"Hi, I'm from the AP, does X SD still support the candidate or making a change to support a candidate."

"Answering in the affirmative or providing new info."

"Our records show X SDs position has changed since last time we asked, can you confirm this please."

"We can confirm."

[Miles Archer]

7. Option 3

Option 3: The AP decided to to get a jump on the competition.

Everything else in option 2 is fluff. It wasn't "old-fashioned journalistic research." They just wanted a scoop, they wanted some sensationalism, they wanted people talking about AP. And they are.

It's not a matter of choosing between crazed conspiracy theories and an act of journalistic integrity.

This was a crap move, and there are more than a few "H->" posters saying the same thing tonight.

[joshcryer]

9. A couple of AP reporters made phone calls to have an accurate count...

...for Tuesday night. They found that Clinton had the requisite number to win. They reported their findings.

[BootinUp]

14. The SD's could have held it close till tomorrow, IF they wanted to. This is not

the Press's fault.

[morningfog]

20. And they would have had Hillary camp not green lighted.

Not the media's fault, not a coincident.

[BootinUp]

21. What green light? In fact reports indicate they were

being told to hold their pledges. They have their own minds and beliefs and all just like you do.

[morningfog]

22. Right. Total coincidence.

[morningfog]

19. Lazy non-exhaustive list of options.

Option 3: Hillary wanted to deflect from or prevent clinching with a loss in California.

Option 4: Hillary was concerned that trump would get more positive media from his CA results than she of poor results.

Option 5: Hillary wants Bernie to drop out and this will lead to a chorus tomorrow.

There are many many more options.