Tomorrow I will vote for Mike with 7 of my buddies

[evertonfc]

30 days ago we had diffent candidates we supported. From Warren to Biden to Pete. Last night we, with 1100 diverse Nashvillians , watched Mike Bloomberg take it to Trump in Nashville. We are all life long Democrats that work in politics at some level. 4 white and 3 black but friends for 20 years. We saw a man who can take it to Trump. We saw a man, who unlike the rest of the field, will self finance and destroy Trump and GOP. Yes, he's not our favorite on issues but we need a damn bully to take on this bully. Trump and the GOP will swamp the rest with relentless media and a massive money advantage. . We concluded that 2020 is different. Mike is the guy Trump fears. We are all in. Mike Bloomberg will defeat Donald Trump and humiliate him.in the process.

[BusyBeingBest]

1. I'm for Amy at this point in time but could very well end up voting for Bloomberg for one very

key reason: He has the persona, stature, money and background to make tRump look small. On edit: Yes, I know Mike is probably a complete tool. Not sure I give a fuck anymore.

[Demsrule86]

47. Actually my brother says someone he went to school with said that Bloomberg was a hell of nice guy

and a good boss.

[BusyBeingBest]

50. That's good to know. He's certainly a mixed bag of a guy.

[Demsrule86]

58. Also, in my husbands High School Mount St. Michaels...one of his classmates worked for Bloomberg and

said he was a good boss and helped out his employees...it was in the magazine they send out.

[BusyBeingBest]

59. Hopefully enough of that sentiment exists to counteract the negative stuff somewhat

especially if he's our nominee.

[Prosper]

2. Why pick Bloomberg over Biden?

[BusyBeingBest]

14. Because Biden is an increasingly unreliable performer?

Seems befuddled sometimes and pretends to bite Jill's finger onstage while she's trying to speak? (That was weird AF) Calls women lying dog-faced pony soldiers as a weird old-timey joke? I don't think it's going to get better either. Not putting my chips on that guy.

[stopbush]

51. Yep. Joe has lost more than a few beats. He's done, IMO.

[uponit7771]

60. Cause he lost 2 states that had 4 neighbor candidates competing in them? The M$M

... push's a meme for sake of horse race we shouldn't

[BusyBeingBest]

61. He's just got a lot of stuff dragging him down, some of it not his fault.

I don't think his heart's in it, either. My biggest worry is that he gets a second wind, somehow manages to win the nomination, and then in Sept. or Oct. he does something that makes him look confused or out of it. That could happen to Bernie or Bloomberg, too, but I feel Biden is the most prone to having something bad happen and the GOP mocking would be relentless. He should have run in 2016.

[cwydro]

27. I don't think Biden is going to go the distance.

I’m for Klobuchar right now, with Buttigieg and Bloomberg right there with her.

Warren was my choice for a long time, but I don’t see that happening.

[MontanaFarmer]

3. Bloomberg is taking it to trump, for sure.

I'll not support him until he's headed to the nomination, if he is, but I'd gladly vote for him over trump. We can work with him for 4 years if needed, to rid the country of this stain.

[still_one]

4. I will wait until after the SC primary before I make my final choice for Super Tuesday

[still_one]

5. I think the only thing Bloomberg will do is further split the Joe, Amy, and Pete votes, and make

Bernie the most likely nominee because odds are he will have the most delegates going into the convention unless a few more people drop out and unify behind one candidate which I don’t think will happen

[Skya Rhen]

10. Yes, this will split the moderate votes and Bernie will end up with the most delegates. Thanks Mike.

[still_one]

13. and I believe if Sanders is our nominee we not only will give trump another 4 years, but Sanders

"coattails", will give us a republican House and Senate

I hope I am wrong

[Skya Rhen]

18. It will happen and we will have nobody to blame but ourselves - falling for ads and tweets.

[cwydro]

28. Nah, I don't think that'll happen.

I think Bernie will fade fast beginning next week.

[still_one]

52. He won't fade with his base, and the potential for others to split the votes

may very well leave Sanders with the most delegates

[Demsrule86]

49. It is likely that they will be out after Carolina...super Tuesday for sure...those who fail to

win will drop out...it will be either Bloomberg or Biden...vs Sanders. Remember Mike is in super Tuesday...so we shall see where we are headed then. If Biden wins, He is my guy but if he falters...then Mike as Sanders can't win a general.

[judeling]

6. I like Mike but

What happens when he folds his business interests into his trust and directs it into his Reelection campaign and his Super Pac.

We now have the direct marriage of money and power that would be as dangerous and what we have right now.

I trust Mike, to an extent, but that much power is to easy to be unchecked.

[TwilightZone]

9. I'm not sure there would be any reason to do that.

He can already spend whatever he wants.

Besides, he joined the organization started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, committing to give his fortune away. He's already donated $6.5 billion and plans to donate more over the next few years, so I'm not sure that's much of a concern.

"We now have the direct marriage of money and power"

We already have that in PACs and Super PACs. Even Sanders has ones associated with him. At least in Bloomberg's case, we know where the money is coming from.

[judeling]

17. No quite at that level

The power of the presidency married to the massive power of his money would be as dangerous I another way as is Trump's cowing of the republican party.

[Laelth]

7. I love seeing Bloomberg campaign in states that allegedly are not in play.

He's getting serious results with this strategy.

-Laelth

[still_one]

15. The problem with that strategy Laelth is that all the states are in play during the primaries, and

Bloomberg's action could actually give us the weakest nominee to go against trump

[Kaleva]

33. The winner of the nominee is usually determined long before all the states vote.

I see the potential of Biden, Amy and Pete and even some of Warren's delegates going to Bloomberg.

[still_one]

37. Too many candidates in the race, including Bloomberg, and that bodes well for Sanders going into the

convention with the most delegates, because while Sanders has not demonstrated he can move beyond his base, his base will stick with him while the other candidates will split the votes between themselves, making the odds that Sanders will have the most delegates going into the Convention, and thus get the nomination

Bloomberg also isn’t running in all the states, including SC, and the states he is running in will only hurt Biden, Amy, and Pete

[aikoaiko]

8. I can't vote someone like Bloomberg in the primary. Just can't.

Is there any heads-up polling data with Bloomberg versus Trump and how do those numbers compare with the other top 5 candidates?

[TwilightZone]

11. Bloomberg is up +6 on average.

The highest of any candidate, basically tied with Biden at +5.6.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_bloomberg-6797.html

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/National.html

[Mike 03]

12. "Mike is the guy Trump fears"

This. It will become clearer as we move forward. But of course, Trump will say "Mike is the guy I most want to run against" but it's just another lie.

[Nanjeanne]

26. Of course he is. Bloomberg can buy the US with pocket change. Trump is jealous and it

will spoil his own plans to fleece the US.

[Duppers]

45. "Don't throw me in that Briar Patch."

[Nikki28]

16. yes

your reasons are close to mine. I am so glad people are coming around.

[cynatnite]

21. Any other time I'd agree with you, but these are not normal times. n/t

[snowybirdie]

22. I agree

We really don't know much about Bloomberg and his ideas for governing. Meanwhile we have several good candidates knocking themselves out to help us know about who they are and what they will do. I have enough faith in the American electorate to believe a superior candidate will emerge, and will be elected! AND we will know that he/she wants done for this country.

[Kaleva]

30. So if the electorate chooses Mike, you'll be happy?

Your comment:

"I have enough faith in the American electorate to believe a superior candidate will emerge, and will be elected!"

[snowybirdie]

35. Yes I will

My point is he hasn't outlined any real programs or what he favors. I really haven't heard anything besides beating Trump. Let us know more Mike!

[Kaleva]

36. His campaign website has a great deal of info

https://www.mikebloomberg.com/getting-it-done

[pattyloutwo]

38. Well said!

I think that the opposite of Trump will run the best against him, someone with an excellent record on human rights for all.

[lapucelle]

56. Someone sounds hangry.

[Prosper]

20. Several times it was noted that since Mike is self funded he can't be bought.

The only people that can afford to use money to get their way is the top 1%. The only people that can afford to buy a President are billionaires. I have worked for millionaires and maybe billionaires for the last 40 years. What I do know is that they get their way. One that I know pretty well, call him rich guy, told me about a mechanic that worked for him. A guy that I knew also. The rich guy told me that the mechanic worked hard all his life but kept getting knocked down by unfortunate circumstances. Rich guy told me that the mechanic always worked hard and did more than was expected. Rich guy told me that the mechanic was never going to have to worry again. I had known that rich guy for some time and knew that he was sincere and honest and meant what he said. And he did it privately. He could have made up some event acknowledging and rewarding the mechanic but he didn’t. So I know it is possible for a super rich guy to be aware of the plight of poor people and act upon it. Mike strikes me as that type of guy.

[ibegurpard]

25. That was a huge argument people made for supporting Trump

like it or not it was

[Kaleva]

31. But we knew that Trump really wasn't that rich.

We knew that Trump inherited his money and wasn't a self-made man.

We knew that Trump declared bankruptcy several times.

We knew that Trump was using his charity as a personal piggy bank

We knew that Trump had to go overseas to get funding as US banks considered him to be too high of a risk.


Bloomberg is none of the above.

[ibegurpard]

41. Doesn't matter

That was the narrative and it stuck. And there are still people today who say it and believe it.

[progressoid]

42. His hardcore supporters didn't.

They only saw what they wanted to see. And

[Kaleva]

46. We are never going to win over his base. It's the people on the fence that we can win.

Bloomberg is hitting Trump hard in places where Trump dominated in 2016 and that's Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

[Prosper]

43. I guess you missed the point. The rich guy got his way by helping one person and he felt good. 1

He helped one person, not a lot of people.

[redqueen]

23. Thanks for sharing this

Hearing that a few black guys (average black guys not politicians) are supporting him at least makes me a little less fearful about his chances if he's our nominee.

[NCjack]

24. I have the most confidence that Mike is the strongest

Antidote to Fat-#45.

[calguy]

29. I like your point. It takes a Bully to Beat a Bully.

Mike's a Bully who's done a whole lot of good in this world. Trump's a bully who's caused nothing but death nd destruction in his wake. It's takes a good bully to beat a bad bully.

[Mme. Defarge]

32. When Trump says he would rather run against

Bloomberg than Bernie it’s obvious he means that Mike scares the bejesus out of him.

[larwdem]

34. Yes

I like mike

[customerserviceguy]

39. "...we need a damn bully to take on this bully"

So, your pitch to voters in November is, "Our NYC billionaire is better than your NYC billionaire"?

[UniteFightBack]

54. The pitch is 'Our NYC self made billionaire is better than your bankrupt NYC maybe millionaire'. nt

[customerserviceguy]

62. So

it takes a billionaire to do the job? I thought only Trump humpers believed that.

[Polybius]

40. I voted for Mike as Mayor once (2005)

But after that tape, I just can't. It's way too damaging.

[LanternWaste]

44. If Biden's the Dem nominee, I'll vote for him. If Bloomberg is the nominee, I'll vote against trump.

I think I'm finally getting used to the tent-revival prophecies and fortune-tellers reading tea leaves that's getting so very popular these days.

[whttevrr]

48. I hope he picks Amy Klobuchar as his VP

I am leaning in for a Bloomberg/Klobachur 2020 ticket

[stopbush]

53. I early voted for Mike on the CA primary mail-in ballot.

[underthematrix]

55. This makes me very happy.

[UniteFightBack]

57. This is way too early to be moving to Bloomberg. nt