not that he needs it.

So you can send the money to downballot candidates. That is one nice thing about him. Still, it feels like a deal with the devil.

The only devils in the government have a -R after their name.

And he helped Republicans get reelected as recently as 2018, I believe.

But I can't see myself being motivated to volunteer. But IDK if he will even need volunteers. So far it seems he has paid staff doing everything, which is not such a bad thing. I like volunteering but I think people who work on campaigns for more than a few hours on a weekend day should be paid, and if he has all the GOTV covered with paid staff it frees up the base to volunteer downballot. Especially for state legislative races - they are especially important this year because of redistricting.

Too many things against my principles, but he’ll get a nose closed vote. I just hope I don’t tear my nose off.

If. Big if.

He needs to stand up for himself at some debates. Let us know his views, plans and how is he going to explain his long history of racism, misogyny and , I guess control freak, tyranny whatever you want to call it.


NO reason for him to be our candidate.

None at all.

There are at least 5 good reasons he should NOT be , considering all of his baggage.

I put his chances of winning on par with Sanders.

It seems like the only people who are accusing Bloomberg of racism have pale skin and are Sanders supporters.

I am neither.


And Bloomberg IS A RACIST.

Listen to what he says.

When someone tells you who they are, listen to them.

I would vote for Bloomberg if he got the nomination. Right now I am leaning towards Amy Klobucher. I don't know why, but something rubs me the wrong way about Mayor Pete. I do not think that he is experienced enough. Still, I would vote for Pete if he got the nomination. I also think Biden has had his chance. It is time for someone who is experienced and yet new to national politics. Amy seems to fit the bill. She is smart, funny, and tough.

Nt

The only reason I haven't declared her as my candidate is that every time I pick a candidate (Beto, Kamala, Booker) they drop out the next day.

I want a Klobuchar/Booker ticket. I think that would be unbeatable.

Even more than a Biden nomination.

Bloomberg won’t inspire young voters to show up, and despite polls showing him second only to Biden in AA support, I can’t imagine turnout from POC would increase with Bloomberg as the Nominee.

We can do better.

AA voters abandoning Biden you believe, but you don’t believe they are going to Bloomberg?

And as far as inspired goes, you don’t have to be inspired. You just have to be angry enough at Trump to vote him out.

And if you are not, then that’s on you.

It’s about the millions we need to show up at the polls.

One of the things that I do like about Bloomberg, is that he's not asking for money from people. He's asking for votes. He actually earned his money, unlike that pathetic daddy's boy who gets bailed out at every turn.

I like that Bloomberg is financing his own campaign. That's something he could rub in tRump's face. I do like that Bloomberg is far more successful and has more money than tRump. Oh, here are my taxes, Bloomberg says. My medical records and all that. Bloomberg could demoralize tRump in more ways than just about any other candidate. That makes me laugh my ass off when I think about it.

I do get why many are turned off by Bloomberg's money. It is troubling, but at the same time, I find myself being gleeful when I think about it, too.

All my donations can then go to downballot candidates

Your choice wins and selects Bloomberg(unlimited money still in play) as his or hers running mate?

Possible best of both.

I will feel the loss of the hope built up under Obama faded in a mere 4 years.

I will be saddened that the party who gave us Carter, Clinton and Obama has to turn to a Bush supporter to bear their name.

I will be disappointed that after all of the fine speeches about getting big money out of politics, youth, diversity and equality the party has nominated a billionaire, septuagenarian white male who stated how minorities have to be thrown to the wall and frisked.


I will vote against Trump, but I will know I am voting for a very different "Democrat"

A wolf in sheep's clothing. I can't help but think a Bloomberg Presidency would be much more closely aligned with the Republicans than the Democrats.

His past is certainly full of examples of his Republican conservatism.

His anti-2nd amendment activity is a major problem for me.

color only makes his shredding civil liberties, selectively, all the more egregious,

I am disheartened to see so many, whom I would think the most concerned for equality under the law, for civil rights, rush to a man who turned entire neighborhoods into a police state.

Fear of one evil can lead to the embrace of another. History should teach us that.

It is way, way too early to make this bad bargain.

Bloomberg's "anti- 2nd Amendment activities," i.e., the huge amount of work Bloomberg has done to institute reasonable gun laws.

Especially, as another poster opined, the way he used it against minority communities.

that you and I do not agree on what constitutes reasonable gun laws.

Or, I suspect, many other things.

is that a ban on assault weapons does not infringe upon that right anymore than stopping people
from buying and owning rocket launchers. The second protects “arms,” but does not specify which
ones.

I respect other arguments, however, and do not feel the people making them should be demonized.

mistake.

People's lives are at stake. Nobody is taking your guns away. You're saying, "It's worth having brown children dying in camps if I don't have to deal with pesky gun regulations."

People's lives are at stake. No one's life is any more at stake then previously.
People have been killing people since there were more than two people.

Nobody is taking your guns away. Have you seen the gun laws being proposed in Virginia? Have you seen the 'lack of due process' Red Flag laws being enacted?

You're saying, "It's worth having brown children dying in camps if I don't have to deal with pesky gun regulations." I hate the idea of brown children dying in cages ... no normal human being can support that. Congress and the governors need to unite to denounce and de-fund this program. I TOTALLY hope Trump is turned into a one-term president but I won't vote for a former Republican who want to disarm the population while allowing wealthy and connected allies to have permits.

Certainly we can do better ............

Hmm...well, most of our candidates want strong gun control measures, so you're gonna kinda be out of luck on that count.

When he was Mayor in his second and third terms, he supported some extremely tough handgun laws.

He's not currently my first choice, but he'll get my vote if he's the nominee.

I'll support others until then.

May have to hold my nose.

It goes back to the theory of no ideal candidate.

But saying I will vote for him in the GE and expressing support for him now are two different things. He would be one of the last on my list. Stop and frisk and his overt support for Bush running against Gore is enough for me.

Assuming he wins the nomination.

(I don't mean to compare Bloomberg to the devil but you get my point.)

if he were to be the nominee.

But as I said he is far down my list during the primary season.

I like ham sandwiches.

It will however be with fear in my heart.

Pleading for him to not be the Democrat version of trump.

before voting for trump.

He will be proof that it doesn't take vision, character, or any other traditional desirable attributes to win the presidency. All it would take is limitless funds and a lot of pretty commercials saying what people want to hear. It won't matter what was said or done in the past, and no real assurances that it all isn't a lie. No accounting for prior support of authoritarian police practices or racist comments.

Our party and democracy will have been bought.

I desperately hope it doesn't come to that.

Go Biden
Go Mayor Pete
Even go Bernie.

I'll even be happy with Warren or Klobuchar.

Just please not the other unpleasant billionaire from New York City.

almost 70 and a dependable Dem voter.

The enthusiasm for Bloomberg will be in the weeds if he is the nom and I doubt when push comes to shove he will beat Trump.

Sanders, if nominated, will give us four more years of Trump. He has a fervent 25% of the electorate. Not nearly enough

We will have to agree to disagree.

I know a number of people who I can see just sitting it out. I can't say for sure but Bloomberg, more than anyone else who has run since Occupy Wall Street back in 08, represents the antithesis of everything they think is wrong with our society and political system.
He would have my vote because I don't believe he'd appoint right-wing judges. That alone is enough for me.

but focus my energy on local races.

I loath the man. But you do what you gotta do.

Lots of good local issues and candidates.

I have a strong preference for Biden but we need to beat trump. I would even hold my nose and vote for sanders if he is the nominee

But it will truly be a vote for the lesser of two evils.

That said, I'd rather vote for Bloomberg than a plant, but you get my point.