"we'll have more to say tomorrow," podesta said. | ap photo by gabriel debenedetti 11/09/16 02:06 am est new york <u+2014> in a night of desperation for the democratic party as it looked like donald trump was on the precipice of the presidency, hillary clinton<u+2019>s campaign broke from precedent by not putting the candidate on stage, instead sending campaign chairman john podesta to the javits center to greet the crowd. <u+201c>they<u+2019>re still counting votes and every vote should count,<u+201d> said podesta to the remaining democrats. "good night, we will be back, we will have more to say. let<u+2019>s get these votes counted and let<u+2019>s bring this home." story continued below it was a nearly unprecedented turn for a campaign that had long warned that trump might not concede in the event of a loss. no network or wire service had formally called the race as of 2 a.m., but with pennsylvania in the republican<u+2019>s column and other remaining states appearing to lean his way, clinton<u+2019>s path to 270 electoral votes is all but closed off. clinton never addressed her audience, which emptied out throughout the evening, and never made any public appearances on tuesday, the apparent culmination of a turbulent campaign. "well, folks, i know you've been here a long time, and it's been a long night, and it's been a long campaign,<u+201d> said podesta. "but i can say: we can wait a little longer, can't we?" brent griffiths contributed to this report. by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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