He can't be bought by the Russians because he's too damn expensive.

Can he pull it off with his $$ .. when he was mayor I disliked him but I'll take anyone who can take tRump down. If Biden's campaign picks up I think Bloomberg will fund him.

I couldn’t stand Bloomie when he was mayor, but I kinda like his chances against dump. He has a nice progressive policy agenda that I can support. I think he’s legit and can whip pos.

He has plans that he will turn the field office to the eventual nominee and back that person 100%. His workers will be paid and given health insurance. He also has pledged he will not say a disparaging word about any of the Democratic nominees.

In that case thank you Mike. That's genuinely a great and extremely positive attitude for him to take.

He’s the one person Trump can’t bully. The one person Trump would debate who could make him spin out in full view. And he probably would do a perfectly good job as president and indisputably would be better than Trump. So if electing Bloomberg rather than my favorite candidate means the country survives, I’ll take it.

If Biden falters Bloomie is it.

voting with their head.

"We disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little".

We have to raise the bar higher for our party. We're better than this. We MUST be better than this. This is a middle finger in the face of the thousands of POC who were profiled and had their civil rights violated under Bloomberg's then beloved and vigorously defended (by him) stop-and-frisk program. We would never forgive anyone else for something as egregious and blatantly racist as this in their past. Why does Bloomberg get a pass? The relatively recent appearance of a (D) next to Bloomberg's name along with a scripted apology can't whitewash this.

We need POC to come to the polls in large if not record numbers this November. If it isn't obvious by now, Bloomberg is not the man to get that done. Not with his past. It's insulting to the very people we need more than ever now.

Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, and, yes, my guy Bernie, are all infinitely better than this man. PLEASE let's not compromise everything our party has stood for since the 1960s by nominating a billionaire oligarch who was not only responsible for the countless documented civil rights abuses of stop-and-frisk, but supported G.W. Bush TWICE for President.

Please let's be better than this.

although I do... no, I dont think he can win a general. He has my vote in a general but i fear we will lose and also lose the house. Should he win the nomination, he won't help with the Senate either...not where we need to win. What possible use would he be in Arizona?

I simply, and genuinely, do not believe it will happen.

If he runs against Trump, the electoral college, not the popular vote, will give us four more years of Trump and the end of everything the United States of America ever stood for.

In a perfect world we could afford to take our chances and run Bernie or another progressive against Generic GOP Candidate. Maybe someday we can do that. We cannot take a chance in November 2020. We can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good... or of our survival as a country.

And the others candidates are better than he'd be , and some of his policies are nothing I would support . Stop and Frisk was a game breaker he used , and that alone makes it bad for anyone wanting unbiased justice . that's what we have now , trump justice where the rule of law is ignored unless he approves it against someone who won't praise him. Putin does this in russia too. A political hit list like Nixon used.

The office is in a strip mall that was vacant for years. There were ten cars parked outside in a parking lot that is normally empty.

Another person that responded to the FB thread said that he already is receiving texts on his cell phone asking whether he will support Bloomberg. I have to give kudos to Bloomberg for ramping up his campaign so quickly.

Mike knows he has put himself well and truly on trump's enemies list. dump and Barr will come after him, his children, friends and supporters if there's a second term. Bloomberg knew what would happen when he announced. There is no turning back.

lol, he's the one "democrat" that I could not support.

He is running out of some odd master of the universe jealousy that only a ny billionaire could understand

He is no democrat, no liberal, no progressive......he just has MONEY and is trying to say all the right things


What he did to minorities in nyc should NOT BE FORGOTTEN so easily


Cheato is such a nightmare, any of our candidates that have done this the fair way can and WILL beat him

What message does Bloomberg buying the election send?

To be president in the future will just require money and stealing ideas/slogans?


Makes me want to vomit.

As a NYC resident I know WHO he really is.

It boggles my mind that this man is being given an unconditional pass by many here for the years of documented civil rights abuses against POC that were committed under his administration as mayor.

The rotten cherry on top of this rancid cake was Bloomberg's support for Dumbya Bush TWICE for President, a man who was only marginally less despised here at DU during his lamentable eight year reign as President than Dotard is today. What planet am I living on?

You conveniently leave out that bit of history. I personally am more offended by that than Bloomberg supporting Bush some 15 years ago.

He had no expectation of actually replacing him. I have no problem with that, despite being fully behind President Obama's re-election. Personally I'm fine with every president having to face a genuine primary. If you do a good job you'll win, and it ensures you get a reminder of what the voters care most about before each term.

wouldn't it?

I'm sure that a President Sanders would be ALL FOR that, wouldn't he?

Bernie only cares about himself. Everyone knows primary weakens the president. He's fine with a wounded Obama going against Romney. He doesn't care if a Democrat wins or loses the WH. He only cares about himself.

Personally I think it’s democracy.

Yeah, I know. He said some stuff in the past, but that's the past. We need to focus on beating Trump and I feel like Bloomberg would be the only person that could whoop his ass next to Joe. If Biden doesn't get anywhere my support will go to Bloomberg.

And Bloomberg..

Who would he pick as a VP? Can we trust him on judges? I do think we need to pick a candidate who can win.

with a liberal judge, I'm good on everything else. Trump has lowered my standards.

It's like when you break up with a psycho and just want to date boring people for a while.

A snail mail letter from Bloomberg yesterday full of info and making sure we knew the rules of voting in the Primary.

This guy has teams that are on top of everything!

Just the late start? Or too many voters have already picked their candidate?

One thing for sure he knows how to compare himself to Trump.

I did it my way, no help from Dad. I squandered nothing! You think that does not eat way at Trump? Bloomberg has no fear.

Trump is a con man. He operates in continuous chaos and ends up ruining everything he touches.

And I literally mean ANYONE.