Posted on 02/08/2020 9:45:31 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The Democratic establishment may be gravitating toward Michael Bloomberg after Joe Biden finished a disappointing fourth in the Iowa caucuses and appears to be flatlining in New Hampshire.
Fretting that liberals Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are too polarizing to defeat President Trump and concerned about the lack of support for Pete Buttigieg among minorities and seniors, Democratic operatives and elected officials who had pinned their hopes on Biden are taking a closer look at Bloomberg. In the former New York mayor, Democratic insiders see a contender with broad appeal who has the fortitude to handle Trump — and the resources to compete.
“This guy has some guts,” said Rep. Juan Vargas, a California Democrat backing Bloomberg. “That’s what we need, a guy that can win, has some guts, and quite frankly, would be the best president out there.”
Bloomberg has ticked up to third in the race for establishment endorsements, behind Warren, despite launching his campaign in late November.
Biden, 77, still has the commanding support of establishment Democrats, especially candidates and incumbents running down-ticket in tough contests. They have viewed the former vice president as the most electable against Trump, confident he could unify the Democratic Party while cutting into the president’s advantage with blue-collar voters in the Midwest and attracting disaffected Republicans in the suburbs.
The former vice president enjoys a wide lead over the field in establishment endorsements. Yet Biden has had trouble with young voters and the liberal base. Meanwhile, attacks from Trump over Biden’s and son Hunter Biden’s dealings with Ukraine while the elder Biden was vice president have some Democrats worried he is too weak to beat Trump. Although Democrats say the attacks are untrue, some are having flashbacks to Hillary Clinton and the scandal surrounding her private email server that...
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Mini Mike isn’t polarizing at all, no siree ... LOL.
Hi.
Doomberg needs to wear platform shoes to look at Trump’s bellybutton.
5.56mm
So, if we have Samders vs. Bloomberg, we will have two candidates who have never been elected as a Democrat vying for the Democrat nomination.
A guy who starts from nothing and makes billions of dollars in business obviously can’t be a wimp. But his skill set may not be the one needed to beat Trump. If Buttigieg were heterosexual, he would definitely be a better candidate.
Bloomdwarf probably buys the nom at a brokered convention.
Unless he picks moochel for his running mate, black folks will stay home.
Michael Bloomberg may have intestinal fortitude - but practically ZERO charisma. Herself with a lot bigger war chest, but not one to engage the emotions of the masses.
He may have the health and determination to go the distance, but as low-key as most of his public appearances have been, it would be hard to believe he could prevail in open debate. He may be highly intelligent, but nowhere nearly the quick wit of Donald Trump, who can and does get up and roll on extemporaneously with no script, a trait I have not seen in Bloomberg.
I hope Bloomberg announces Hillary as his VP pick. A jockey and a horse. Perfect,!
The mass media keeps thinking that repeating the same lies over and over and over again (”untrue” allegations) will save Biden.
Good luck with that!
(btw I want my trillion dollar reparations check—one dollar for every mass media lie!)
I wonder if Mickey Rooney, as BABY FACE NELSON (1957) would let him live because he wears “lifts”.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050155/
I dislike the arrogant dude but I have some friends who think he is wonderful.
“That’s what we need, a guy that can win, has some guts, and quite frankly, would be the best president out there.”
I totally agree.
Reelect Trump 2020!
The magic midget, who would take our guns and soft drinks, could be a better choice than these other nimrods, for sure. He has money to burn but I think astute voters would be offended by a multi billionaire trying to buy a presidency when people are dying from diseases, living in tents, and other situations where those dollars could be better spent. just sayin’
From now on if any Trump voters see mini Mike, they need to start shouting
Mini Mike! Stand up Mini Mike!!
“Little Gulp” will be 78 yrs old in a few days, just the kind of rabid barking moonbat to rally the young liberal base./sarc
Don’t forget the Bernie folks and other far left slices of the democrat party.
BloominIdiot would probably blow up the intersecionality game plan the dems have been counting on.
“This guy has some guts ...”
yes, billions of them.
The creep is all over Alabama today. I move out of NYC expressly to escape from people like this and he follows me! He’s exactly 3 blocks from where I live right now. Oh, Lord, why me?
“...In the former New York mayor, Democratic insiders see a contender with broad appeal ...”
Oh yeah right, a maniacal gazillionaire gun, smoking, salt, soda banning ultra control freak surely has broad appeal....in New York.
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