No presidential debate in California after Clinton breaks promise

There will no Democratic presidential debate in California, because Hillary Clinton’s campaign reneged Monday on its earlier promise to participate in one.

[...] with Clinton comfortably ahead in both pledged delegates and superdelegates — plus her desire to pivot to her likely general election matchup against Republican Donald Trump — there was little political incentive for her campaign to participate.

Fox News Washington Managing Editor Bill Sammon said the network “is disappointed that Secretary Clinton has declined our debate invitation, especially given that the race is still contested and she had previously agreed to a final debate before the California primary.”

Joe Garofoli is the San Francisco Chronicle’s senior political writer.