So yesterday came the last big block of state voting for the nominees to be President of the United States and the big winner was Hillary Clinton.  Not only does she now unquestionably have enough delegates to claim the mantle of Democratic Nominee, but she also took California, a very large, delegate-rich state which her rival Bernie Sanders was hoping to snatch from her.

You will find plenty of articles about yesterday in all major news media.  Here’s one by Stephen Collinson from CNN.com…

Primary Results: Hillary Clinton Celebrates Victory, wins California

While I am usually loathe to dive into politics, it is nonetheless worth noting the historic nature of yesterday’s events.

Like her or not, Hillary Clinton represents the very first female nominee for a major U.S. political party and it is amazing that we may follow the first African American nominee and eventual President, Barack Obama, with the first female nominee.

Based on the bad news trailing the presumptive Republican nominee these last few days, we might well have our first female President.

Of course, we’ve still got a very long way to go…