Posted on 11/27/2019 1:02:54 PM PST by robowombat
Probably his real strategy is to have his name out there for when a brokered convention seeks a nominee.
Another NYC Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, similarly skipped the early states ..to focus on Florida and the Super Tuesday states. The strategy ended badly...
Maybe not so unprecedented, just hasn’t worked yet.
Yes, he’s not that popular but apparently neither are his opponents. Money talks, BS walks and B’burg has plenty of the former, while his opponents have the latter.
Other than the nanny state stuff, he had a pretty good record in NYC. Also a big time philanthropist. By the time he spends millions on his image the low info types will think he’s Mother Teresa.
B’burg, will overwhelm the center lane crowding out the scandal ridden, idiot Biden who will fade away. I hear some “experts” predicting a brokered convention where B’burg buys delegates to get the nom.
I think a B’burg / Harris ticket with unlimited funds could be hard to beat.
His employees say he is a cold fish who looks down on them. No warmth at all.
He says things to women that are shocking.
Not to quibble, my good FRiend, but wouldn't Mister Bloomberg need to stand on a few boxes in order "look down on them"? /snark
Just caught Mike’s TV ad in SE PA. Voice over by someone else. Lots of POC featured. Nothing zippy or interesting about it. Much like him I guess. He does say he approved this message at the end...annoying!
He actually said, before this run) that he was going to give all his billions away before he died.......soooooo.
he’s skipping the early states
he’s skipping the debates
passing go to the head of the line
.....In order to spread the Soros , Chinese, European Gobalist Agenda down everyones throat.....
If he really wanted to try to hurt Trump he would save his money and spend it on whoever wins the dem nomination. Maybe he will have enough left to do that anyway. But money did not win in 2016.
Bingo!
I think a B’burg / Harris ticket with unlimited funds could be hard to beat.
We have your monies
Keep drinkin’ that sugary Kool-Ade, you Bloomin’ Idiot
The Dems “reformed” their rules so that if no one has a majority on the first ballot there is no commitment to a candidate from then on. That could get really ugly. How will Sanders’ and other far-left deegates respond when they’re ignored? (FWIW, I got a taste of what arm twisting looks like. When I was on the “welcome to Cleveland” hospitality committee for the RNC, I encountered a situation where some Republican mischief makers tried to browbeat some younger delegates into abandoning Trump). If chaos erupts, Bloomberg could get it out of spite from delegates who are ignored.
+1
Sleeping her way to the Presidency? (If the ticket wins, she'll screw him silly, trying hoping for the ol' Nelson Rockefeller effect to happen?)
“Bloomberg, who officially threw his hat in the Democratic primary ring last week, will not accept donations nor fund his own campaign, ...”
hmmmm
B’burg / Steyer,,, (chuckle)
With B’burgs money he doesn’t need an old white guy like steyer, who’s barely a b’aire.
I think B’burg’s entry is a game changer. Many are dismissing him, but I don’t think he’s in to lose. He is going after Trump and will use whatever money is necessary to sweep the board to go after him.
What if he chooses Deval Patrick for a running mate? Or Michelle 0?
No time for complacency here.
I am just trying to figure out who to vote for in the dem primary.
A big reason for the focus on the early states has to do with fundraising. Most candidates have to fund their candidacies with other people’s money. Even Trump needed that funding, mainly because he wasn’t inclined to fund his campaign 100% with his own money. Bloomberg has always funded his campaigns 100% with his own cash. So when he ran for mayor in NYC, his campaigns were also completely different from the way any other NYC mayoral candidate ever had conducted his campaign. His political career so far is 3 for 3. He’s looking to make it 4 for 4.
In short, a huge propaganda blitz from a billionaire. Yuk.
I agree with Bloomberg that IA and NH are ridiculous states to be the first to hold primaries. Even worse is Iowa with its caucases They are from a different era.
I've said this the minute he declared. The DNC is flat broke. Bloomberg is essentially running to fund the DNC and candidates who are vulnerable.
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