He just waltzes in, spends money, gets changes to debate rules, no campaigning. This is a complete opposite way that the Democratic Party should pick a nominee.

The moment that they are reminded of "stop and frisk" Bloomberg's rating will plummet and he will fail to be viable to get delegates. However, Bloomberg will cut into Biden's support and make it more likely for the convention to go to a second or third ballot.

It’s all about the trend lines. Mike is ascending, and he has the $ and the dynamite adsto keep moving up.

Right now, it’s a bit like different street fair operators trying to convince voters they have the best Tilt-A-Whirl. Then Bloomberg shows up like Disney and says, “or, we could do THIS ride instead.”

Lol, what a joke.

Once the voters are reminded of his stop and frisk policy his support among African Americans will plummet. Bloomberg has the money to remain in the race and he may drain support from Biden such that no candidate gets the majority of delegates in the first round of the convention, but if the numbers are relatively close then I believe that they will pick Biden over either Bernie or Bloomberg.

Most of my friends on Facebook in Austin and Dallas consider Bloomberg's candidacy to be a joke and will not vote for him.

Stop n frisk etc doesn’t matter to them. All they care about is who can beat tRump. There are no other issues.

I didn't even know who he was until I did a Google search.

Blacks voters may be looking at Bloomberg seriously, but that doesn't mean that they will like or vote for him.

She said no black voter is not going to vote for Bloomberg due to stop and frisk.

You can ignore the trends all you want, but they’re what they are.

of us African Americans.

I never thought I'd say it, but he is growing on me.

I think a lot of African Americans might not be as aware of Bloomberg's relationship with the black community in New York City. Bloomberg is more of an east coast persona. His history regarding "stop and frisk" is not a minor issue.

2016 all over again.

Bloomberg is spending money everywhere,including polls.

He's a joke.

Any Dem who supports him , well,you have to question if they are or ever really were Dems to begin with.


Where I have lived my entire almost half century, Brooklyn , AA do not like him one bit. Now most of "woke" Brooklyn is from Iowa , I believe is how my borough president put it, and don't understand how bad Bloomberg was for minorities in NYC.

He is definitely gaining ground. I welcome him into the race; he adds another dimension into the mix.
And, his attacks on Trump are quite powerful.
We shall see what he can do.

I will never vote for him. He ran as a Republican to become Mayor,. He is little better than Trump. Only, Bloomberg spends his own money, Trump doesn’t. We don’t need another know if all rich business man with a huge ego, running this country.

him in the Dem race and we don’t need him for the country. Vote blue no matter who, but choose that who wisely.

But, Biden can turn this around. Bloomberg is not friends of the Black community.

become our friend and fast, Bloomberg included. I have always maintained that Biden is not at all the surest bet, for a number of reasons. Now, I may well be proved wrong, but I certainly am not going to toss Bloomberg out with the bathwater. Go back and take a poll of my fellow blacks in 1994 or 1995 (fellow in a loose sense, as I was born in 1996) whether Biden was a friend after his years of crime billing, gang-banger talk, and drug warmongering. I was not even alive then, but know enough history to say he would not come up with a good score. Shit changes, times change. It changed for Joe with Obama, and it sure as hell can change for Mike if he is the best bet to slay the Trumpian dragon.

Important to state what you did.
I was presuming Biden would be our nominee, but because anything can happen during an election run-up I remained undecided with the plan to involve myself when we have our nominee.
Plenty of opposition to Biden from all sorts of people, but the whole turning-Trump's-impeachment-into-an-anti-Biden-campaign seems to have done him much damage even though he doesn't deserve it. The ridiculousness of the early caucuses seems by design as well and I trust none of it including support for Sanders.
I really like Buttigieg, but worry he will be mass attacked if he were to become the nominee. We seem to be held down by deplorables and the media parroting their concerns.
Bloomberg, on the other hand, will be hard to hurt. He doesn't need donors and can fight back.
All bets are off now so buckle up!

Pair him up with Michele Obama as VP and it is lights out, plus a great shot at taking back the Senate.

Bloomberg will toss in 2, 3 billion USD or more to seal the deal at all levels.


Before you all go bonkers on me for suggesting Michelle

I was not the one to recently bring it up in any fashion or manner

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I think, and this is just an opinion based on her statements over the past couple years, that she's had more than enough of DC from a political perspective, and all that goes with it, possibly to last a lifetime.

I agree that Bloomberg would be formidable vs. Trump. He's not my favorite, but if one's primary goal is to get rid of Trump, he's looking like perhaps the best option. I think he would appeal to moderates, independents, and perhaps more than a few Never-Trumpers. Combined with a solid VP choice, it might have big-win potential.

taken away from the others as well. Which ain't good for the other candidates. Also, he's pitching for Latino voters as well. Antonio Villaraigosa (ex-mayor of Los Angeles) has endorsed him and recently they were both in Compton, California (both Latino and AA).

Money does talk and here's hoping he is sincere.

Just curious does anyone know why Bloomberg isnt running in SC or some of the other primaries?

down. I mean, here's just a few things Bloomberg said or policies he wanted:

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Without African American support, he's done. Finished.

In fact, it's impossible for any Democrat to win the nomination without the African American vote.

since 2016.

There's at least 3 ad per 5 minutes and hrs targeting the south with ads and money.
He will buy his way into the Dem nomination.

believe it will get quite ugly

Way to go Bloomberg, your entry might just be what trump needs for another 4 years

and sort of caught me off guard . But I wrote previously here when he chose the 2nddist /R Kelly as his Chicago campaign stop that was not ordinary either ...

https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/1/21/21075945/bobby-rush-endorses-mike-bloomberg

He tapped Bobby Rush, 1st dist IL to be a national campaign co-chair 👀
Rush told the Chicago Sun-Times he was impressed by Bloomberg’s approach to the “economic discrimination in the black community.


Rush potentially helps Bloomberg because he is a prominent African American elected official. And Rush’s congressional district historically generates a heavy Democratic vote. So much so that the district has eight presidential delegates, with delegates apportioned according to the Democratic vote turnout.

In the 18 Illinois congressional districts, the number of elected delegates range from three to eight. When Bloomberg brought his campaign to Chicago for the first time a few weeks ago, it was in the 2nd Congressional District, which is allotted seven delegates.

Bloomberg said in a statement, Rush “has dedicated his life to building a more open, inclusive, equitable, just and prosperous America — as a civil rights activist, pastor, and leader in Congress, where he has been a force for change on issues we both feel passionately about, including health care, gun violence, and poverty
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To me he is like the wiz of oz that he has all those ads but I don’t know who is the person behind the ads
Also it was said he entered to stop warren /sanders but he seems to have hurt Biden the most imo
, so he is accumulating voters at someone’s expense either way

you guessed it.

I do not respect people like this. A change of heart is one thing, appearing to change for political expedience is another. Makes me sick, frankly.

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Michael Bloomberg Pushed ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Policing. Now He’s Apologizing.

Ahead of a possible Democratic run for president, the former mayor of New York City reversed himself before an important party constituency: black voters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-speech.html

He will be accepted by moderates and liberals and could offer a viable alternative to the Republicans who voted for Trump but can't stand him.