I never hear Democrats applauding Bloomberg, but you’d never know the guy was not already a Democrat. I’m suprised I don’t see the likes of Reid or Pelosi hugging Bloomberg publicly and saying things like, “we can get along with Republicans after all.” and “We wish all Republicans would emulate the great Bloomberg”
Bloomberg was a life long Democrat but only switched to R when he knew he had no chance in the Dem Mayoral primary in NYC in 2001. There was no viable R candidate so he basically bought the seat.