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Bernie lost the primary by nearly 4 million, so "should be going into his second term" isn't logical.

You're welcome.

Bernie wanted Obama out in 2012. What’s good for the goose...

But, since I assume there will be no national debates this cycle, that isn't actually debilitating. Hell, Romney is a massive tool and he came damn close to beating Obama.

As long as his TV appearances are kept to a minimum, I think he'd do pretty well against Trump.

First, he has sociological and psychological advantages no other candidate has over Trump. (I doubt Trump would even debate him.)

Secondly, damned near every independent who still has a working brain cell will vote for Bloomberg.

Three, he siphons off Republicans.

He wins in purple states. He helps down ballot candidates, not just by being on the ballot but with money.

There would be blood on the tracks.

and minorities and Trump will win. The ads write themselves.

Audio of @MikeBloomberg’s 2015 @AspenInstitute speech where he explains that “you can just Xerox (copy)” the description of male, minorities 16-25 and hand to cops.

Bloomberg had video of speech blocked.

his explanation for #stopandfrisk, admitting that all the cops are sent to minority neighborhoods

BLOOMBERG: "OMG, you are arresting kids for marijuana that are all minorities. YES! That's true because we put all the cops in the minority neighborhoods...because that's where ALL the crime is...& the way you get the guns is...throw them up against the walls & frisk them."

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#BloombergIsRacist is trending.

I would say it's odd that the media didn't pick up on this before, but then, ad $

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Having Bloomberg as our nominee will depress turnout for our side. Significantly.

Just as he would in any business setting.

I think the membership here has a very mistaken idea about what independents don't like about the Democratic party.

An authoritarian like Bloomberg will be a disaster. It isn't just about race, that stuff is a reflection of the real problem.

He doesn't have enough respect for civil rights generally.

That's also why the electability of Sanders and Warren is significantly underestimated here, and in political discourse generally.

Education, health care, corruption, justice, environment, those are all winning issues.

Half the stuff I hear people criticizing Bernie for are positives with independents. Trump is going to get the wall street crowd, can't pander to them and be good on those other things at the same time anyway.

The question is whether we aren't shooting high enough. Like if we end up after the GE saying, yeah Bloomberg won, but what if we could have won with Elizabeth Warren? So we have to decide how much of a chance the other candidates have against Trump, and whether it's worth going for a candidate who is not ideal but can win easily.