Posted on 02/20/2020 4:38:31 PM PST by karpov
LAS VEGAS — Mike Bloomberg is privately lobbying Democratic Party officials and donors allied with his moderate opponents to flip their allegiance to him — and block Bernie Sanders — in the event of a brokered national convention.
The effort, largely executed by Bloomberg’s senior state-level advisers in recent weeks, attempts to prime Bloomberg for a second-ballot contest at the Democratic National Convention in July by poaching supporters of Joe Biden and other moderate Democrats, according to two Democratic strategists familiar with the talks and unaffiliated with Bloomberg.
The outreach has involved meetings and telephone calls with supporters of Biden and Pete Buttigieg — as well as uncommitted DNC members — in Virginia, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and North Carolina, according to one of the strategists who participated in meetings and calls.
With Sanders’ emergence as the frontrunner in the presidential primary, Democrats in those states have recently raised the prospect that the democratic socialist could be a top-of-the-ticket liability.
“There’s a whole operation going on, which is genius,” said one of the strategists, who is unaffiliated with any campaign. “And it’s going to help them win on the second ballot … They’re telling them that’s their strategy.”
It’s a presumptuous play for a candidate who hasn’t yet won a delegate or even appeared on a ballot. And it could also bring havoc to the convention, raising the prospect of party insiders delivering the nomination to a billionaire over a progressive populist.
Other candidates have quietly been in contact for months with superdelegates — the DNC members, members of Congress and other party officials who cannot vote on the first ballot at a contested national convention — but none have showcased it as a feature of their campaign, as Hillary Clinton did in 2016.
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Who are these “Moderate” Democrats I keep hearing about?
“Moderate” is codeword for sellouts to the highest bidder.
I want to see fist o cuffs.
I suspect a lot of super delegates who will suddenly have overseas bank accounts with all sorts of money in them.
The plan is to get Hillary to win.
Perhaps that would be true if Bloomberg were dependent on contributors. He's not.
Bloomberg's not "out" until he decides he's "out."
$50 billion is one hell of a lot of money. He may indeed be able to buy the nomination.
Just when I write off most FReepers, you show up!
“”””””””’The plan is to get Hillary to win.”””””””””””
She will never be a candidate for any race ever again.
This has been obvious for a long time. Why else did he start to run.
There is not possibly enough popcorn for this event.
Here is the dilemma for Democrats. Bernie cannot win. Yet no other Democratic candidate has even a remote chance of defeating Trump without the enthusiastic support by Sanders and his ardent supporters. If Sanders is denied, there will be no unity. The DNC is not stupid. They realize that winning the Presidency in 2020 is unlikely. There main effort will be to prevent a Congressional debacle.
Hillary will NOT show up/run/be the "sacrificial loser" yet again!
Bolshie Bernie wouldn’t be averse to an addition to his lakeside Summer home.
I wish I could believe that.
She wants it bad. And the Dem establishment will lie, cheat, kill, and steal to get their gal in the White House.
I don't trust her, and I don't trust them.
They still have a lot of tricks up their sleeves.
What a disgusting and pathetic end to the democrats.
SOCIALISM IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
LMAFO
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