Breakfast with Mike and Barack: Was there a deal?

[Perky]

Last month Bloomberg and Obama met for breakfast in Philly. Bloomberg is now polling in all 50 states. Could he have told Obama that he was so adamamt about bringing the country together that he was going to run or at least try and scare the left away from nominating Hillary?

[sandnsea]

1. Hillary isn't left

:shrug:

[Perky]

2. I never said she was

[sandnsea]

18. A Bloomberg run isn't going to scare the left

They aren't for her. Your comment doens't make any sense to me.

[Perky]

3. Dupe

[robbedvoter]

4. To Blomberg she is...Al the "democrats" in that "union" doHickey were to the right

of Clinton - people who opposed his economic program.
Any way I look at that thing - it's a "stop Hillary" effort.

[jackson_dem]

5. Then neither is Obama by that standard

[terisan]

6. Unity08 considers Obama the centrist candidate, nt

[ProSense]

9. No they are not!

Some people might read the Nunn statement and think it sounds like Barack Obama. But whereas Obama pledges to reach across partisan lines, and outside them as well, to build support for a progressive agenda, he's not talking about abandoning his party and sharing power directly with people who don't share his (or Nunn's) assessment of the challenges facing America, and who would oppose any progressive agenda with every political weapon available. Best I can tell, Obama's offering an extended hand to the GOP that he's willing to make into a fist. And his argument with some in the Democratic Party, most notably John Edwards, over how to enact progressive policies, mainly reflects differences of opinion on how to marshal public opinion to reverse most of the GOP policies of the Bush era.

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[terisan]

14. Obama sure hasn;t said he is going to fight anything. nt

[jackson_dem]

17. He has raised the white flag of surrender on universal HC already

[goldcanyonaz]

7. Perhaps Bloomberg had breakfast with Obama because he was in town?

He had spoke in Harlem the night before, or do I have my dates mixed up?

[Perky]

8. It was in Philly or DC I think it was the mornint of the DNC quartely meeting

[Inuca]

12. No, it was in Manhattan n/t

[TwilightGardener]

11. That's what I initally thought, but there was a reason why they didn't

meet in private, but rather staged a photo-op in a diner window. I am very interested to know what was discussed.

[Thrill]

10. I think the common thought is Bloomberg

will only run if Hillary gets the nomination.

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

13. Yeah, way to go Mike...

Just hand it to the Repugs. I'm sure we'd all appreciate that... :sarcasm:

[terisan]

15. why would Bloomberg risk splitting the NY vote? nt

[ecstatic]

16. wtf. no refugs on the ticket... no exceptions nt