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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBloomberg Is Raising Money To Help Pro-Gun Republican Scott Brown Defeat Elizabeth Warren
http://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-elizabeth-warren-scott-brown-massachusetts-senate-wall-street-guns-2012-7New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is throwing his considerable political and financial heft behind Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown's re-election bid against liberal consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren, upping the ante in what is already the most high-profile and expensive Senate race of the 2012 election.
Politico reports that the billionaire media mogul/mayor will host a fundraiser for Brown at his Upper East Side townhouse next month, one of the first such events he has hosted this year. Bloomberg typically backs several candidates each cycle from across the political spectrum.
Bloomberg's endorsement of Brown is perhaps unsurprising, given Warren's aggressive stance toward Wall Street reform, a position that helped launch her political star. Bloomberg, on the other hand, has emerged as one of the staunchest defenders of the financial services industry, and tends to dismiss bank criticism as naive.
But the Mayor's office insists that his Massachusetts Senate endorsement is not about Warren or Wall Street, but about Brown's willingness to buck his party on gun control. Bloomberg has been a longtime advocate for more restrictive gun laws, and is one one of the loudest voices on the issue in the wake of last week's mass shooting in Aurora, Colo.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-elizabeth-warren-scott-brown-massachusetts-senate-wall-street-guns-2012-7#ixzz21oxRss2C
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Bloomberg Is Raising Money To Help Pro-Gun Republican Scott Brown Defeat Elizabeth Warren (Original Post)
xchrom
Jul 2012
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nanabugg
(2,198 posts)1. But Warren is already pro-gun control. WTF?
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. Bloomberg is an asshole. nt
tsuki
(11,994 posts)3. Where is the BS detector when you need it? nt