Billionaire Bloomberg Replaces Billionaire Steyer on Democrat Debate Stage

https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/02/19/billionaire-bloomberg-replaces-billionaire-steyer ^ | 19 Feb 2020 | PENNY STARR

[conservative98]

The battle of the Democrat money men running for president is playing out in high-roller Las Vegas as billionaire Mike Bloomberg replaces billionaire Tom Steyer on the debate stage Wednesday night.

Steyer did not meet the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) threshold by the Tuesday midnight deadline.

And while voters can cast their ballot for Steyer in Nevada, Bloomberg’s name is not one of the candidates on it.

Steyer, who took part in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth debates is not happy about the development, Politico reports:

Steyer’s campaign has cried foul at his likely exclusion, arguing that his strength in Nevada and South Carolina is more than sufficient to warrant a spot on stage. Their evidence includes the release of an internal campaign survey on Tuesday showing Steyer at 18 percent in Nevada, trailing only Sanders (24 percent) and Biden (19 percent).

“It just seems pretty frankly disenfranchising to voters in Nevada and South Carolina that their voices aren’t being heard … given there’s been one poll in both states that’s qualifying,” Heather Hargreaves, Steyer’s campaign manager, told Politico. “There’s no opportunity to actually meet the criteria because there’s no polls.”

[conservative98]

*Insert Hillary laugh here (hahahahahahaha)

[goldstategop]

Mini Me on the stage... he bought his way in.

[BipolarBob]

(insert evil cackling laugh here).

[wiseprince]

Third party! That’ll show them!

[cgbg]

Steyer should have this thousands of grass-roots supporters protest outside the venue...or if they are a figment of his overheated imagination, he could hire some folks...

C’mon Steyer, do something about it!

[alloysteel]

One rather inarticulate plutocrat with low charisma is replaced by another inarticulate plutocrat, with even less charisma.

But the second one has more money and a Hell of a lot more ground organization. Maybe that is enough....

Meanwhile Tom Steyer can take over funding the down-ticket races for House of Representatives and Senate, and concentrate on state-level races for governors and legislatures.

[Zhang Fei]

At #2 or #3, depending on which poll you look at, Bloomberg is now clearly a serious contender for the nomination:

Polling Data

Poll	Date	Sample	Sanders	Biden	Bloomberg	Warren	Buttigieg	Klobuchar	Steyer	Gabbard	Spread
RCP Average	2/12 - 2/18	--	28.6	17.6	15.9	12.3	10.3	6.6	2.3	1.7	Sanders +11.0
ABC News/Wash Post	2/14 - 2/17	408 RV	32	16	14	12	8	7	2	1	Sanders +16
Emerson	2/16 - 2/18	573 LV	29	22	14	12	8	6	3	4	Sanders +7
Economist/YouGov	2/16 - 2/18	555 LV	24	18	12	16	11	7	2	2	Sanders +6
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl	2/14 - 2/17	426 LV	27	15	14	14	13	7	2	1	Sanders +12
SurveyUSA	2/13 - 2/17	1022 LV	29	18	18	10	12	4	2	--	Sanders +11
NPR/PBS/Marist	2/13 - 2/16	527 RV	31	15	19	12	8	9	2	0	Sanders +12
Morning Consult	2/12 - 2/17	15974 RV	28	19	20	10	12	6	3	2	Sanders +8
Economist/YouGov	2/9 - 2/11	552 LV	22	18	12	15	10	7	1	4	Sanders +4
The Hill/HarrisX	2/7 - 2/10	913 RV	20	23	16	9	9	3	3	1	Biden +3
Monmouth	2/6 - 2/9	357 RV	26	16	11	13	13	6	1	1	Sanders +10

[Zhang Fei]

[One rather inarticulate plutocrat with low charisma is replaced by another inarticulate plutocrat, with even less charisma.]

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For folks who want to get a flavor of what Bloomberg says in debates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf8uLxdTy-E
https://www.c-span.org/video/?189654-1/york-city-mayoral-debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O16IhnbYYM

[rktman]

Styro’s grass infused supporters? Isn’t that aunt-teefuh?

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

Rules do not apply to Democrats.

[Zhang Fei]

[Rules do not apply to Democrats.]

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The rules were set out, not to create an exclusive club, but to whittle down the debates to a manageable set of people who are serious contenders, instead of having 50 people on the debate stage. So from that perspective, it’s completely understandable that Bloomberg would be on that stage. Note that they are including Bloomberg not as a favor to him, but so the other candidates can take pot shots at him, and perhaps knock him down.

It would perhaps be better for Bloomberg if he had not been asked to join the debates. But to refuse an invitation would have reeked of cowardice. Is Trump worse off for having canceled routine press conferences, where journalists got to editorialize at his expense? Bottom line is that being in the debates increases the chance that Bloomberg will say something off-message that negatively affects his campaign that his avalanche of ads and armies of GOTV workers will never do. In other words, being in the debates is a poisoned chalice.

[cgbg]

Biden is doing just well enough to stick around and make a complete fool of himself, but not well enough to actually win on the first ballot.

Perfect!

[JudgemAll]

Another fool democrat billionaire who dis not get the memo. The AOcs and Hollaries just want your money dude, not your voice.

[Mouton]

Biden is falling but where are the votes going? Not to Sanders obviously so most must be going to bloomberg. Looks like Bloomberg is picking up some votes from Buttplug too. What a bunch.

[odawg]

“Tom Steyer on the debate stage Wednesday night. Steyer did not meet the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) threshold by the Tuesday midnight deadline.”

Looks like he should have been running ads against Mini Mike rather than Trump.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

I was hoping to see the “Battle of the Billionaires.”

Oh well...

5.56mm

[ridesthemiles]

Steyer has been running many, many ads here in the Reno market for over 2 months. I have to assume that he has done the same in Las Vegas area.

I am tired of looking at him. He is an empty, lying bag of skin, IMO.

[conservative98]

Same with Joe. All of his focus has been on Trump. He won’t call out Sanders by name. Hello?

[BushCountry]

Tom is poor compared to mini Mike. He could not afford to spend a billion on ads. Also, smarter since he is spending other people’s money.