I will assume he's trying to knock Orange Pantload off the top of the plutocratic dungheap and out of the club, entirely.

Some argue that he definitely does want the power of the Presidency, and I'm not certain they're wrong.

On the other hand, I think he would consider his money well spent if he "only" fucks over Trump but doesn't get the big prize.

And maybe he really doesn't want to be bothered with the actual job of being President.

Who knows. I just know that in the real world that we live in, it's not bad to have his money on our side, at least up to the fucking over Trump part.

This is the world we live in. Big money will rule until we can get a constitutional ammendment to overturn it. Until then if we want to win we need to play with the big money.

It sucks but we are quite far down a road that started many years ago. It will take power to change the rules and to get that power we have to work within those rules.

He spent $80 million on Democratic candidates and causes in 2018, helping flip the House and starting the gun control conversation in VA and elsewhere, putting him on the NRA's shit list, probably at the very top.

His primary goal for 2020 quite obviously is to get rid of Trump. He has said that he will do everything he can toward that goal, regardless of whether or not he's the nominee.

I think 2018 probably gives that assertion some legitimacy, though many disagree. I also think he's likely to help Democratic candidates and causes in a similar manner to 2020, perhaps on a larger scale.

He's not on my favorites list for the nomination, but I can't really argue with his contributions in 2018 and his goal of dumping Trump in 2020.

It would seem not.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-tax-plan.html

He's already donated $6.5 billion to charity and has committed to donating the majority of the rest through the group started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

If all he was worried about was money, those actions don't make a lot of sense.

he wants to restore the rule of law and the separation of power.

or How he spends his money.

he’s pressuring his big business contacts not to donate to other candidates:

to see you giving up on Pete Buttigieg so early. Pete's finished in the top two in the Iowa and New Hampshire races, and can still string together some victories.

Bloomie is not about "fucking Trump over" as much as he is about boosting himself up, just to win a pissing match with Trump.

I fully expect Bloomie to be putting money into ads that help put Pete into the White House and give us our first First Man, or whatever they'll call Chasten.

I don't see anything positive about Pete Buttigieg, its all about how great Bloomie is.

And you're naive if you think that Bloomie is going to do anything beside boost himself.

Finally, Chasten would be called the "First Gentleman" in all likelihood.

I don't want Bloomberg either as our nominee or as our President. But I think we should be giving him a little space at the moment to do what he's doing , which is using his money discus throw to whack Trump over and over. If he starts going after any of the Dem candidates -- which he hasn't done so far -- in any meaningful way, then I'd say OK, I misjudged, done with him. But he could be useful if he's doing what I think he's doing and we let him do it.

said it would allow anything put out by a candidate, but not stuff by non candidates.I think he's trying to screw over trump big-time.

The other Democratic candidates and their supporters are attacking Bloomberg.

geeze !

He really shouldn't be our nominee, and I don't think even he wants that. But we should leave the battlefield clear for him to fire off those devastating ads at our bigger enemies.

No, he is a Democrat and people just don't want to accept it.

Party identification is self-defined. If he says he's a Democrat and registers as one, he's a Democrat.

He was a lifelong Democrat until he ran for major. He switched to Republican solely for tactical purposes (the Dem field was loaded). He refused to meet with Republican leaders and met instead with Democratic ones like Al Sharpton.

Spent about 10 years as an Independent, then re-registered as a Democrat. He spent $80 million on Democratic candidates and causes in 2018. He helped flip the House and started the conversation on gun control in VA.

Sounds like a Democrat to me, certainly at present.

The money spent on Dem candidates is a very good sign. But he's got to clear other skeletons from his closet too, some of which are going to be hard. A lot of people aren't going to forget "stop and frisk."

Life has been good to him. He wants to be remembered fondly (by some people, at least), and he's trying to do something good with his money for the country that made him rich before he dies.

That, I think, is the most likely scenario.



-Laelth