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(57,097 posts) Wed Oct 10, 2018, 10:19 AM Oct 2018

Michael Bloomberg Registers As Democrat As He Mulls 2020 Presidential Bid

Source: Huffpo

Michael Bloomberg Registers As Democrat As He Mulls 2020 Presidential Bid
The former New York mayor and billionaire media mogul has suggested he may challenge President Donald Trump in 2020.

By Hayley Miller
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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday that he has changed his voter registration to Democrat, suggesting he is inching closer to announcing a presidential run in 2020.

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“At key points in U.S. history, one of the two parties has served as a bulwark against those who threaten our Constitution,” Bloomberg wrote. “Two years ago at the Democratic Convention, I warned of those threats.

“Today, I have re-registered as a Democrat – I had been a member for most of my life – because we need Democrats to provide the checks and balance our nation so badly needs,” he added.

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The media mogul reportedly planned to spend $80 million of his personal fortune on the 2018 midterm elections to help Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives. He also has contributed heavily to environmental and gun-control initiatives.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-registers-democrat_us_5bbdde1ae4b0876edaa3fae9

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Michael Bloomberg Registers As Democrat As He Mulls 2020 Presidential Bid (Original Post) marble falls Oct 2018 OP

Welcome back , Mike Cryptoad Oct 2018 #1

bleh... tenderfoot Oct 2018 #2

The Trump cult would attack him for the small, weird things he tried to do. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #5

They'll go after him for changing the rules to get himself a third term as mayor. thesquanderer Oct 2018 #10

Interesting. I don't think passion for him would outdo the Trump cult followers, but who knows. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #3

For sure I'd vote for him over Trump. Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #7

What are his positions on some of our key issues? Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #4

If he is the Democratic nominee, he has me at hello. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #6

Oh no doubt. Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #8

Please God, no. Hell to the no. The exact wrong kind of candidate to run against Trump. Yavin4 Oct 2018 #9

A real billionaire vs. a phony billionaire. This is the best we can do? DFW Oct 2018 #11

Running government is NOT... B Stieg Oct 2018 #12

another opportunist trying to start at the top. at least he will join up. nt msongs Oct 2018 #13

Being mayor of New York is a real job. New York is not Wasilla. Grover Cleveland ... marble falls Oct 2018 #14

Way to inflame the Repub vote appal_jack Oct 2018 #15

Just Like Trump! MrQRO Oct 2018 #16

Ugh. BlueStater Oct 2018 #17

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)

1. Welcome back , Mike

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 10:47 AM

Oct 2018

tenderfoot

(8,437 posts)

2. bleh...

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 10:55 AM

Oct 2018

What's he going to do? Make it too expensive to live anywhere in the US. Ban soda?

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

5. The Trump cult would attack him for the small, weird things he tried to do.

Reply to tenderfoot (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 12:42 PM

Oct 2018

The soda ban, having to use smaller cups, things like that.

Bloomberg, OTOH, would go after Trump's business dealings and income taxes and using the office as a cash machine for himself.

I'd vote for Bloomberg. A real businessman instead of a fake one. Maybe some independents, who like businessmen to be in charge of the economy, would go for it, too.

But I don't follow NY politics closely. I don't know what kind of politician he is, really. He did win NY, though, which is a liberal state.

thesquanderer

(11,989 posts)

10. They'll go after him for changing the rules to get himself a third term as mayor.

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 01:00 PM

Oct 2018

Christine Quinn's support of that move arguably cost her her own shot at the job.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

3. Interesting. I don't think passion for him would outdo the Trump cult followers, but who knows.

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 12:38 PM

Oct 2018

Could he withstand the extreme aggression from Trump and his cult?

Real businessman vs fake businessman.
Ethical person vs. unethical person.

I'd vote for him.

Turin_C3PO

(13,998 posts)

7. For sure I'd vote for him over Trump.

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 12:44 PM

Oct 2018

Of course I’d vote for a cockroach over Trump lol. I need to hear more from Bloomberg before I give my support in the primary.

Turin_C3PO

(13,998 posts)

4. What are his positions on some of our key issues?

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 12:42 PM

Oct 2018

I know he’s good on the gay rights, choice, the environment and gun control, which is awesome. Where does he stand on healthcare and labor issues? Time for me to do some research to see if I might support him in 2020.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

6. If he is the Democratic nominee, he has me at hello. nt

Reply to Turin_C3PO (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 12:43 PM

Oct 2018

Turin_C3PO

(13,998 posts)

8. Oh no doubt.

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 12:45 PM

Oct 2018

I’ll vote for the Democratic nominee no matter what.

Yavin4

(35,441 posts)

9. Please God, no. Hell to the no. The exact wrong kind of candidate to run against Trump.

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 12:54 PM

Oct 2018

No to oligarchs!

DFW

(54,397 posts)

11. A real billionaire vs. a phony billionaire. This is the best we can do?

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 01:21 PM

Oct 2018

Sheeeeee-it, man, I sure as hell hope not. This is not exactly the kind of precedent we want to be setting, is it?

B Stieg

(2,410 posts)

12. Running government is NOT...

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 02:33 PM

Oct 2018

like running a business. Plus, look where all these RWG (rich white guys) end up!
No more.😒🤑😫

msongs

(67,412 posts)

13. another opportunist trying to start at the top. at least he will join up. nt

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:35 PM

Oct 2018

marble falls

(57,097 posts)

14. Being mayor of New York is a real job. New York is not Wasilla. Grover Cleveland ...

Reply to msongs (Reply #13)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 05:24 PM

Oct 2018

was mayor of Buffalo. Coolidge was mayor of somewhere.

appal_jack

(3,813 posts)

15. Way to inflame the Repub vote

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 06:19 PM

Oct 2018

Bloomberg's anti-Second Amendment history would get out the Repub vote like no other candidate.

I see him as exactly the wrong direction for the Democratic Party to take. Why would we turn our backs on issues of inequality and economic justice by running a candidate like him? What can he possibly offer? I see him alienating all of the South and most of the Midwest and non-coastal Western states. Meanwhile, where would the enthusiasm arise for him?

-app

MrQRO

(33 posts)

16. Just Like Trump!

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 06:30 PM

Oct 2018

OMG Bloomberg is yet another Billionaire who blows with the wind!
Dem, No Repub, No Independent... No..... Whatever will get me elected!!!!

And... Just cuz he signs up as a "Dem." folks will line up behind him....
Folks on both side are equally idiotic! Just check the party box, don't look at
the issues, the facts, the person.... GAG!

Everyone gets the government they deserve!

SMH

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)

17. Ugh.

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 06:37 PM

Oct 2018

This whole thing with old white guys in their mid-to-late 70s being treated as viable presidential candidates is the weirdest thing I've ever seen.

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