Posted on 01/23/2016 6:54:19 AM PST by Drew68
Galled by Donald J. Trump's dominance of the Republican field, and troubled by Hillary Clinton's stumbles and the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the Democratic side, Michael R. Bloomberg has instructed advisers to draw up plans for an independent campaign in this year's presidential race.
Mr. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has in the past contemplated running for the White House on a third-party ticket, but always concluded he could not win. A confluence of unlikely events in the 2016 election, however, has given new impetus to his presidential aspirations.
Mr. Bloomberg, 73, has already taken concrete steps toward a possible campaign, and has indicated to friends and allies that he would be willing to spend at least $1 billion of his fortune on it, according to people briefed on his deliberations who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss his plans. He has set a deadline for making a final decision in early March, the latest point at which advisers believe Mr. Bloomberg could enter the race and still qualify to appear as an independent candidate on the ballot in all 50 states.
He has retained a consultant to help him explore getting his name on those ballots, and his aides have done a detailed study of past third-party bids. Mr. Bloomberg commissioned a poll in December to see how he might fare against Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton, and he intends to conduct another round of polling after the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 9 to gauge whether there is indeed an opening for him, according to two people familiar with his intentions.
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I am concerned he could pick up moderate Republican voters who don't really care about guns one way or the other. I imagine there's more than a few of those out there.
I do not believe that Sanders would be a viable candidate if not for the fact that Hillary is not such a reviled one.
In any other year a 75 year old Socialist Senator from a relatively small nearly entirely white state would have no chance at winning even the Democrat nomination.
Sure at least 47% of the electorate will vote for more free government handouts but they can get that from Hillary.
He could certainly knock Hillary out of the ball park, and so there fore I don’t think after a few phone calls for days on end, flat tires on limos, hit pieces in the media, he would think about this a little more...
He will hurt Hellary. He will do to Clinton what Perot did to Bush.
If the Republicans keep control of the Senate then yes. Most of the RINOs will vote for whoever is nominated. Only the Democrats will vote to block any conservative nominee. Plus if RINOs do decide to block Cruz nominees a whole bunch of them will be up for reelection in 2018.
Even if every Cruz nominee is blocked for the next four or eight years we would be better off than we would be with any new liberals on the Court.
“maybe we can start calling Hillary supporters Carpetbaggers”
or D-baggers (as in douche-baggers)
“Vermont: as lily-white as the Oscars. Feel the Bern.”
LOL, enemy of The Big Gulp.
| It's going to be hard for any Democrat to stop Trump's momentum now. The primaries are starting soon and Bloomberg is not on the ballot. His only chance would be a win at the convention. Bloomberg always struck me as a kind of technocrat pol. Does he have any charm or charisma? Do enough people really know him outside of New York? If he were to get the nomination, Bloomberg may do better than Hillary, Bernie or Biden, but it's a bit late. He would have trouble building momentum this late in the game. Besides, to be even thinking of entering the race right now reveals his lack of good judgement. He doesn't understand what the people are looking for. Have you seen Trump's new video on the subject of Jobs? That ad is aimed directly at working class voters -- Demo, GOP, and Independent -- and it's powerful. Trump zeros in on his targets like a heat-seeking missile. Bloomberg would go down in flames. |
I agree. Bloomberg is a comical figure with his food bans - a low energy guy lacking in charisma and out to grab our guns. He is getting started a little too late as Independent. His best chance would be on the Democrat ticket.
The only reason this lowlife is running is because of Trumps stand on the 2nd amendment. But the good thing is nobody can stand Bloomberg, so let him run, it’s not going to do anything. I lived in New York city when this pig was Mayor and he was nothing but a two bit midget fascist, a lisping nanny state queen.
Bloomberg is successful...yes. However he comes across as an elitist snob, precisely what tacky Trump does not.
Bloomberg ran as a republican for mayor. He’ll pull a lot of centrist, urban repubs and dems. If Hillary is the nominee, Bloomberg hurts her most and the republican wins. If sanders is the nominee, Bloomberg will get all of the moderate dems and some of the repubs and could win. Then we’d have a king instead of a president.
I wouldn’t mind seeing him go bankrupt after a failed candidacy.
We talking about Bloomberg? The man that thought himself so indespensible he set aside NYC term limits? That same ego ? The man that is so smart he gets to decide how much soda you should drink? The man that knows how many firearms you have? Plz.
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