If his rivals want to they can bury him under the crap that has come out of his arrogant mouth over the years.
Does Bloomberg have enough money to purchase enough votes in the swing states in order to defeat Trump?
bloomturd might pay them to build a smaller lectern, and order the cameras on his side of the stage to face up towards him.
I'm Sirius.
Debate-wise...I wouldn’t give him any bonus points. Both Mayor Pete and Bernie Sanders might get some good punches in.
Remember....there’s two additional debates coming up after this, 25 Feb and 15 Mar. If he does marginally in all three...his chances diminish.
Maybe Pete will push Mikey’s stool in.
Bernie vs Bloomie would be such theatre.
Bloomberg is not stupid, but he is ignorant about much he is not interested in (such as farming) and he is hampered by his mindset, which, from NYC, assumes many things which are not true.
I might watch the debate, simply to see how he does. I doubt he has much experience in such a format.
On the other hand, he may be decent at giving canned, deflecting answers that have little to do with the question asked.
If his competition is smart they will pick some of his other elitist statements because he will be peeped to come back at the ones that are out there.
My guess he stands on a box...let’s hope the others get boxes also just to prick him
Newt Gingrich has already recognized Bloomberg as the biggest threat to Trump. Bloomberg paid $300,000 directly to the Democratic National Committee, the only candidate to do so. Afterwards the DNC kicked 4 Bernie supporters off the Committee and changed the rules to allow Bloomberg to participate in the debates.
IMO, Bernie will arrive at the Democratic Convention without a majority of delegates. The Super Delegates will be allowed to vote on the second ballot and they will give the nomination to Bloomberg. Trump won WI, PA and MI by very thin margins. All Bloomberg would have to do is bleed off some of those Democratic Union voters from Trump and he would carry the rust belt.
"I have always carried that lesson with me. And, as president, I will do everything in my power to put an end to all forms of discrimination.
I will label hate crimes as “domestic terrorism” — and charge perpetrators accordingly.
I will launch a national, coordinated effort, led by the FBI director and Department of Justice, to crack down on violent extremists.
I will expand the Department of Education’s Stop Bullying Campaign, so we can put an end to harassment in schools — including on college campuses."
They should ask him if he's going to be willing to treat "hate speech" as terrorism, and what qualifies as hate speech.
They should ask if he's prepared to treat the black Muslims who attacked Jews in NY as terrorists, and what his response would be.
The DNC is going to use Bloomberg to force Sanders out. So much for democracy.
How does he qualify? I thought he had literally zero votes/delegates.
After horrid debates with nothing happening except boring leftist talking points, the Nevada debate has the potential to mirror the upcoming caucus—total chaos and insanity.
Hopefully they all get off script and start blasting each other....
He has the personality of a dry rich prick. Unless he can show another side...he’s toast.
Trump should just ignore this clown show.
Just tweet “meh... who cares?” after the next one.
Then refuse to answer any questions except as to how it related to different policies they would change.
Let them call each other names, just agree with them.
| Poll | Date | Sample |
Sanders
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Biden
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Bloomberg
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Warren
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Buttigieg
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Klobuchar
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Yang
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Steyer
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Gabbard
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Spread |
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| RCP Average | 2/5 - 2/16 | -- | 24.8 | 17.8 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.0 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | Sanders +7.0 |
| NPR/PBS/Marist | 2/13 - 2/16 | 527 RV | 31 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 9 | -- | 2 | 0 | Sanders +12 |
| Economist/YouGov | 2/9 - 2/11 | 552 LV | 22 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Sanders +4 |
| The Hill/HarrisX | 2/7 - 2/10 | 913 RV | 20 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Biden +3 |
| Monmouth | 2/6 - 2/9 | 357 RV | 26 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Sanders +10 |
| Quinnipiac | 2/5 - 2/9 | 665 RV | 25 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Sanders +8 |
| Morning Consult | 2/4 - 2/9 | 15346 RV | 25 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Sanders +3 |
| Economist/YouGov | 2/2 - 2/4 | 616 RV | 19 | 24 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Biden +5 |
| Morning Consult | 1/27 - 2/2 | 15259 RV | 24 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Biden +4 |
| Harvard-Harris | 1/27 - 1/29 | 980 RV | 20 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Biden +11 |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl | 1/26 - 1/29 | 428 LV | 27 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Sanders +1 |
I really don’t think live debates are Bloomberg’s strong suit.
I guess Mike bought a poll to qualify.
It’s been easy for Bloomberg so far... just pay professionals to run ads to make you look good. Now the long knives are out for him and his defense better be as good as his offense or he will fold quickly. And whatever Slow Joe or Pocahontas can dish out at him is nothing compared to what Trump will do.