“The time is long overdue for a fundamental transformation of the Democratic Party,” Sanders said at a news conference in Washington. After polls closed for the Democratic contest in Washington, D.C., Sanders had a private meeting with Clinton that lasted almost two hours. And after polls closed for the Democratic primary in Washington, Sanders headed to a nearby hotel for the closed-door meeting with Clinton. “In 1984 neither Gary Hart nor Jesse Jackson dropped out and released their delegates until the convention,” Democratic strategist Anita Dunn said in an interview on Tuesday. With the last primary done, Bernie Sanders is negotiating an end to his fight with Hillary Clinton and staking a claim on directing the future of the Democratic Party.

Source: National Post June 15, 2016 13:30 UTC