Bloomberg announces run for POTUS starting in AL.

[BigmanPigman]

Announced on MSNBC just now....he is expected to file as a candidate in AL primary. Can't find it when I Google it. Everything I see is about him deciding NOT to run last Spring. Has anyone else heard about this?

[Vinca]

1. CNN is just reporting it. Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrghhh.

[JonLP24]

2. Here is the article

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-president-2020.html#click=https://t.co/uSbCNdJVPP

I worry about a third party run from him more than any candidate especially if the nominee is Bernie or Warren.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Thanks!

[spanone]

14. He's entering the Alabama Democratic presidential primary

[JonLP24]

15. I know

But if he loses to Bernie or Warren I'm worried he might run as a third party. He threatened to last time and the nominee was Hillary Clinton.

[jrthin]

4. UGH! nt

[Cattledog]

5. As a what? Dem or Indy?

[BigmanPigman]

7. As a Dem.

[pintobean]

13. That means this thread is in the wrong forum.

[Renew Deal]

6. As a Democrat?

[TheRealNorth]

8. Bleh

That's one candidate I would have to hold my nose closed to vote for.

[Volaris]

43. That's why we have primaries.

Hopefully, he has seriously misjudged the mood of the democratic electorate, and Senator Professor Warren will kick his ever loving ass.

[spanone]

9. CNN is reporting on it right NOW

4:43 CST

[BigmanPigman]

11. NY Times too.

Just saw it posted under Breaking News Forum here on DU.

[OliverQ]

10. Sigh, what a joke.

Can someone help me get a work visa to another country? I'm so fed up with the United States.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

12. Oh great. Another rich white guy running for president.

It's working so well with the one in office right now.

[crickets]

42. +1

[kentuck]

16. Does he help or hurt the Democrats?

My first impression is that he wants to pull votes from the Democratic candidates? Or he is trying to get Trump re-elected? Who knows?

[BigmanPigman]

17. "Rich man ego" is my guess.

[kentuck]

19. Why Alabama?

Is there any way he could take votes away from Doug Jones, the Democrat running for the Senate? What kind of scheme does he have up his sleeve?

[DeminPennswoods]

46. AL has the earliest filing deadline for its Dem primary

nt

[Ms. Toad]

45. He's running as a democrat.

Kind of hard to pull votes from the Democratic candidates (as a whole) when he is running as one.

[uponit7771]

18. Distraction at best

[DFW]

20. I'm hoping this turns out to be a "just in case" move

If not, we'll be in the curious position of seeing a real billionaire who held office as a Republican run as a Democrat against a Republican fake billionaire who once was a Democrat. 21st century version of Alice in Wonderland. "Curiouser and curiouser."

[BigmanPigman]

21. Up is down, down is up.

Life in Bizarro World.

[DFW]

22. You got that right.

Plus ça change, as they say........

[sarisataka]

29. Nightmare scenario

Having a choice of septuagenarian billionaire part-time Republican, full-time narcissists.

I hope to be able to vote for a Democrat, not just a candidate who decides a (D) after their name looks good this week.

[First Speaker]

23. "Things Go Better With Coke"--his perfect slogan...

[bdamomma]

24. Crap

another rich guy who won't be able to relate to normal citizens.

[cbdo2007]

25. Well since the Dems don't have their shit together....

Seems like he would steal a lot of votes from both parties and actually have a shot.

I don't mind Bloomberg...especially when considering all the other options.

[JonLP24]

28. Are you sure he is any better than anyone running?

He's known for stop and frisk but people care less about these issues unlike the last primary.

Bloomberg’s 'stop-and-frisk' legacy would complicate presidential bid

NEW YORK — Mike Bloomberg’s tortured history with “stop-and-frisk” policing is shaping up to be a hurdle as he flirts with a potential presidential run as a Democrat.

While often touted as contributing to a precipitous drop in crime in New York City, the controversial policy that Bloomberg presided over during his time as mayor disproportionately affected black and Latino men and is widely condemned in liberal circles as a civil rights violation.

So even though Bloomberg poured millions of dollars into helping Democrats retake the House this year, he could face a backlash from progressives looking to make racial justice issues a centerpiece of the 2020 primary fight, should he decide to run as a Democrat.

"When you couple [stop-and-frisk] with him being out of step with where the party increasingly is on things like taxes, universal healthcare and financial regulation, along with a more progressive base of the party having a louder voice, it creates challenges and obstacles he frankly didn’t have to navigate in his mayoralty," says Neal Kwatra, a Democratic operative who has worked on the campaigns of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2018/11/22/bloombergs-stop-and-frisk-legacy-would-complicate-presidential-bid-707075

I can't vote for stop and frisk mayors which is why O'Malley wasn't a consideration.

FBI breaks down why stop & frisk is bad policy as well as unconstitutional policing. You end up stopping & frisking 95%+ of innocent people.

FBI findings on BPD
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.justice.gov/crt/file/883296/download&ved=2ahUKEwik98TtrdnlAhXPJzQIHay4D7IQFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw2cjPRpJ4TnSMCwC6jEanE- (PDF)

[Doodley]

34. We have a fascist in the Whitehouse, corrupt to the core and destroying our nation. You really think

stop and frisk is so important that you wouldn't vote for Bloomberg?

[JonLP24]

35. Not in the primary and I wouldn't vote for him either if he ran third party

You can't expect to beat Trump on criminal justice issues if our candidate is also bad on criminal justice issues. That is part of why Kamala Harris is falling like a brick in the polls.

[Kurt V.]

26. does this hand the nomination to sanders or warren by peeling votes from biden?

[gab13by13]

51. Exactly, you understand what this means.

He will take votes away from Biden which will help Bernie and Liz.

[pangaia]

27. As a better wordsmith than I said-- why does he have to jerk off in public ???

[guillaumeb]

32. Was that wordsmith Shakespeare?

[pangaia]

41. HA HA.. even better..

somebody here quoting somebody in the twitter-a-sphere !

[smirkymonkey]

30. Oh, FFS!

Why can't he run as a republican? Everyone knows he is one. He doesn't have a fucking chance as a Dem. What is he thinking?

[guillaumeb]

31. This sounds like a classic horror movie, where the zombie simply will not die.

Just when it seems that the movie is over, the zombie crawls out from the grave.

[Doodley]

33. I would back Bloomberg. IMO, he would be by far the best candidate.

[Generic Brad]

37. I can think of at least a billion reasons he should not be elected

He's too rich for my blood.

[keithbvadu2]

36. When you have too much money to praise yourself with.

When you have too much money to praise yourself with.

[X_Digger]

38. oh ffs. n/t

[Hannahcares]

39. Check out Bloomberg

Hello DU
Hannahcares here...longtime DU member and voting integrity activist. 70 yr old grandma - lifetime DEM!
Please go to MikeBloomberg.com and read what he has been doing. He just helped VA state candidates take control of state legislature!
Tremendous supporter of sensible gun reform laws, the environment, keeping kids safe from new nicotine products,etc. Incredibly progressive, articulate and intelligent. Check him out before you pass judgement on “just another billionaire” . FYI- no relation and certainly no connection to his just announced campaign. But my husband husband of 42 years ( mostly Republican) would vote for Mayor Mike in a flash. Thanks for listening! Peace, Hannah

[Joe941]

40. This is off topic for this forum.

[ronnie624]

44. Not a problem.

No Bernie supporters would vote for him. He is the quintessential antithesis.

[DeminPennswoods]

47. The ultimate hubris

thinking he'll just swoop in and "save" Democrats from themselves. IMHO, this is a result of Warren's surge in the polls. She is to the centrists who only want incremental, if any, change as Amazon is to brick and mortar retail.

[moondust]

48. +1

Maybe he's so arrogant he believes his money can buy him anything including the Dem nomination and the Oval Office. Kinda like Dumpy. Agree it's a reaction to the anti-inequality proposals of Warren and Sanders, trying to protect himself and the moneygrubbing 1% from paying higher taxes they won't even feel.

[DeminPennswoods]

50. The businesses, industries and individuals

who have and are benefitting from a capitalist system that's gotten tilted too far in their favor see the barbarians at the gate in the progressive policy platforms offered by the Warren/Sanders wing. They should be worried, too, because the idea of the rich paying their fair share in taxes and other ideas are pretty darn popular with the 99%.

[nitpicker]

49. Link to DW

https://www.dw.com/en/michael-bloomberg-opens-door-to-us-presidential-run/a-51160884

[Red Oak]

52. Another Billionaire running for President - meh

Hey Bloomy! My vote isn't for sale, I don't care how much money you throw around.

I'm tired of being abused by the 1%.

That is all.