Posted on 01/11/2020 4:19:10 PM PST by karpov
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Michael R. Bloomberg on Saturday did not rule out spending a billion dollars of his own money on the 2020 presidential race, even if he does not win the Democratic nomination, and said he would mobilize his well-financed political operation to help Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren win in November if either is the party nominee, despite their sharp policy differences.
Mr. Bloomberg’s plans would effectively create a shadow campaign operation for the general election, complete with hundreds of organizers in key battleground states and a robust digital operation, ready to be inherited by the party nominee — regardless of who that nominee may be.
Already, Mr. Bloomberg has spent more than $200 million on advertising, putting him on pace to spend by early March about the same as what President Barack Obama’s campaign spent on advertising over the course of the entire 2012 general election. If Mr. Bloomberg fails to win the nomination, future spending would be redirected toward attacking Mr. Trump.
“It depends whether the candidate needs help; if they’re doing very well, they need less. If they’re not, they’ll need more,” he said in an interview after a lunch stop at a barbecue restaurant during a campaign swing through Texas.
While he did not rule out dropping a billion dollars on his effort, the former mayor of New York City blanched slightly at the size of the number, before mentioning the $2.8 billion he spent on charitable contributions last year, with the bulk going to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University.
“You know how much money a billion dollars is?” said Mr. Bloomberg. “It’s a lot of money to me. It’s a lot of money to anybody.”
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Just say no to that.
Predictit is another gambling den run out of Victorian University in New Zealand. IOW, it has zero credibility. Would be nice if you mentioned that.
MSM has a new God.
Cha Ching!
Cash Cow on the hoof.
Watch the MSM polls now.
What a maroon!
It is actually a $Billion to CNN, MSMBC, CBS, etc. Just a way to funnel money into the leftist networks to continue bias coverage.
Do the math:
$1 billion divided by 63 million (Trump voters) ==
$15.87 per voter.
You could add 6 zeros to that amount & still not get me to vote for anyone except Trump.
I would NEVER vote for Bloomberg-—even if he were the only candidate.
All that money he will spend is only padding Trump’s GDP....I love it.
Bloomberg would get more votes if he bought every person in the country a Big Gulp. Not kidding.
I just pictured Herb Tarlick doing just that
I already mute Little Mike’s TV ads, and I know I’m not alone.
His cash is trash...Like what’s her name, the billionaire who ran for CA governor, Meg Whitman. She couldn’t buy the governors office even though she’d spent more than anyone in state history, including a ton of her own money...Then it broke she’d hired illegals as house servants and then lied about it.
Gak~
Please spend two billion! America isn’t going to nominate the midget Nanny from New York whom won’t take a hard stand for his fellow Jews being persecuted in his own home town.
He’s spent $200 million already? And he’s got what to show for it? I think he’s just trying to bribe the party to take him seriously.
If spending money meant getting votes than Clinton would be president.
How much did Clinton spend in 2016?
True; the way they took the side of the Iranian Mullahs and military the way they did.
I guess since they are now radicalized dems they could also be called DemaMullahs.
However; Rats fit them so perfectly...
Plenty of very rich people con themselves into thinking that all they need to do is spend the money and advertise and that will elect them. The truth is it dosen’t if they have no personality and a credible message to sell.
Steve Forbes found that out in 1996, lots of good ideas but his personality was so boring he could not make it out of New Hampshire.
Bloomberg is pretty much a kind of nerd candidate. Very boring and no personality. Will he be able to fill up an arena with 10 to 15 thousand people and be able to do 4 to 6 rally’s a day? I really don’t think so.
Bloomberg has a monopoly business where he charges something like $40,000 a machine to rent a month to get financial quotes and news. He put Quotron out of business and yet no one has come with an alternative and I guarantee you if there was a better alternative cheaper Bloomberg would have a hard time competing.
Commie
Hillary spent 2 Billion piker.
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