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myohmy2

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7. Bloomberg running...
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 08:38 PM
Nov 2019

...sure ain't gonna hurt Bernie or Elizabeth...

...he's going after and will split the moderate/establishment vote...

...Bloomberg's no fool...

...he's spotted weakness in Joe and a hot-bed of dissatisfied moderates willing to listen...


...but wasn't Bloomberg a republican?

"A Democrat before seeking elective office, Bloomberg switched his party registration in 2001 to run for mayor as a Republican. He defeated opponent Mark Green in a close election held just weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks. He won a second term in 2005, and left the Republican Party two years later."


...a billionaire, a former republican, a 'more of the same' moderate; I don't know...

...I think Bernie and Elizabeth will beat him like a drum...

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Bloomberg I think made it clear the only way he would consider running is if Joe Biden dropped out still_one Nov 2019 #1
Biden is doing well ...Bloomberg has always wanted to run...the only cure for presidential Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #2
I'm guessing Bloomberg feels this is his last chance to run for president, especially if one of our highplainsdem Nov 2019 #3
fox news is big on Bloomberg. 'Will turn the Democratic race upside down.' empedocles Nov 2019 #4
They're hoping Bloomberg will hurt Biden, so they're thrilled about this. Warren and Sanders highplainsdem Nov 2019 #5
I believe Nate Silver is wrong. Doodley Nov 2019 #6
Bloomberg running... myohmy2 Nov 2019 #7
Bloomberg won't hurt Biden, who's a liberal, not a moderate. There's nothing in Bloomberg's highplainsdem Nov 2019 #8
That would be brilliant BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #9
Thank you for reminding us that Joe is a liberal. That he is not a pie-in-the-sky Democrat does not emmaverybo Nov 2019 #10
Yeah his campaign is probably DOA Joe941 Nov 2019 #11
He could drop a Billion dollar ad campaign attacking Biden as weak, that would stir the pot Baclava Nov 2019 #12
Such hopes! emmaverybo Nov 2019 #13
If Bloomberg tried that, the backlash would probably have him down to 1% or less rather than highplainsdem Nov 2019 #17
More from Nate Gothmog Nov 2019 #14
Thanks, Gothmog! That's an important tweet about the new Morning Consult poll: highplainsdem Nov 2019 #15
I hope Silver is right crazytown Nov 2019 #16
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