Don't start writing off Bloomberg just yet..

[Moderateguy]

He’s self funded which means he’ll stay in the race until HE chooses not to. His constant Ads are seen by millions of more people than those who saw, or even care, about the debates.

[stopbush]

1. Correct. Very few voters saw the debate tonight. Mike still gets to define himself

thru his ads.

The clips that will get played are those where he defended capitalism, not Warren’s attacks on him.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. Money will keep him in.

And that’s fine because he’ll be a convenient punching bag in any further debates. He got his ass handed to him tonight and it won’t get any better. He’s no friend of ours and that showed clearly.

[emmaverybo]

7. +++++++++++++++++

[Deero]

21. Bloomberg can keep paying a few hundred million bucks

to let a bunch of people get on stage and kick his ass if he really want to.

Let's be real though. All of Bloombergs support comes from the ads he's running, which are obviously made to put him in the best light. He's also had no real vetting by the media. Now, in his introduction to most people, he was awful and the media is loving to kick him right now too.

Right now he's at about 15% in polls and Biden is at 16%. Given that most of Bloombergs support comes from Biden, I expect that most of that support is going to swing back to Biden.

[emmaverybo]

23. Could be too late. But I sure hope so!

[2naSalit]

41. +1

[CalFione]

3. I'm pissed at Michael Bloomberg

He entered the race to stop Sanders (a worthy goal), but is siphoning off votes from other candidates that actually would've been able to stop Sanders if Bloomberg wasn't there.


Bloomberg should CHOOSE to drop out, and put his money behind the strongest moderate.

[still_one]

5. and in my view he has hurt Biden the worst, with Amy and Pete to a lesser degree

[Moderateguy]

6. You have to lay blame at sleep walking Biden for that

If he wasn’t running such a lackluster campaign, Bloomberg wouldn’t have gotten in

[emmaverybo]

12. Biden was ahead for near a year. He still is in swing states. And leading in S.C. Both billionaires

Steyer and Bloomberg are siphoning votes from a candidate far superior to either in qualifications,
experience, and widespread appeal. It is what it is, but no need for the Trumpian insult. Joe has had plenty of that.

[thesquanderer]

47. Biden's poor showing in Iowa and NH had nothing to do with Bloomberg or Steyer.

I know, those states don't play to his strengths, and I'm not saying he should have expected to come in first... but he clearly expected to do better than he did. YES, He was ahead for a long time, but the more people heard from him and everyone else, the less they preferred him.

I thought last night may have been his best debate, though.

[emmaverybo]

49. They very much have to do with his projections in other states. Steyer has had an effect on

SC polls as he is promising to open up his money bags to that state while flooding it with ads. The
problem here is that Steyer hasn’t a prayer of winning the nomination, much less the GE.

[uponit7771]

30. +1

[Hoyt]

4. I think he has something to say, everyone was targeting him, he took it,

and still had worthwhile things to say.

But, he does have bagge to explain, as do most longtime politicians.

[jcgoldie]

8. "he took it"

That's exactly what everyone does when they are getting their ass beat.

[Hoyt]

10. Guess you missed "Rope a Dope" in the 1970s.

[Bradshaw3]

13. The dope got roped tonight

He looked like a freight train hit him. His money is the only reason he is even being talked about. Won't be enough to win a GE in which women are key for Democrats winning.

[Hoyt]

14. No. He looked like someone being attacked on Stop and Frisk even

though members of the Black Caucus — like Rush, Meeks, McBath, etc. — endorsed him and a number of members of “Moms Against Guns” want guns out of their communities.

[Bradshaw3]

15. Well you know black people aren't all of one mind

I see why you like Bloomberg though.

Also he lied about his record on stop and frisk, as well as Obamacre and NDAs. But who cares about that, right?

[Hoyt]

17. He has a doable healthcare plan, tax plan, climate plan, etc. Warren has

promises she know she can’t fulfill.

As to Stop and Frisk, I’ll trust McBath, Rush, etc., to filter the noise. I’d like to see him expand it to white wing gun-lovers.

[uponit7771]

31. He has no standout swing state appeal, Could care less if he has trillions he doesn't appeal

... to swing state voters he's not going to win.

[barbtries]

9. i wrote him off a long time ago.

and won't vote for him unless/until I must. I don't think he helped his chances tonight.

[Bradshaw3]

11. Will be a sad day for the Democratic party if his money wins in the end

What we have seen with his statements, policies, NDAs, funding of repubs, etc. should be enough to disqualify him as a terrible candidate to take on drumpf. His showing tonight only confirmed that. His staying in the race while qualified true POC Democrats like Harris and Castro had to drop out because of funding would be a disaster for the party.

Money won't buy a general election in which the Democrats need women to turn out like they did in 2018. They won't do that for Bloomberg and we will lose.

[Chainfire]

53. Will it be a sad day

Will it be a sad day if he gets the nomination and then beats Trump? He is not my favorite either, but he is the only one who stands a chance of winning. (however slim that may be)

[Bradshaw3]

56. Absurd

He's not leading in the polls, he has a ton of baggage, most notably due to his issues with women. We win in 2020 the same way we won in 2018: with women leading the way. If last night's debate didn't show you how badly Bloomberg deals with that issue, then I see why you think he has the best chance of winning.

[Laelth]

16. Write him off? Quite the contrary.

I now assume that he will be our nominee. He survived the debate. That's all he needed to do. His carpet-bombing saturation-level advertisements will do the rest. I can only hope that he will choose Pete Buttigieg as a running-mate.

-Laelth

[Hoyt]

19. He's got baggage that has to be explained, but he did well considering

everyone was bashing on Bloomberg tonight, despite trump/GOPers are who we are running against.

[Laelth]

20. It appears that nobody cares about the baggage.

And people like the fact that he's aggressively taking the fight directly to the Great Pumpkin. Only a small percentage of the public watched the debate tonight. Bloomberg's relative inexperience on the debate stage showed, but he wasn't a complete disaster. His carpet-bombing saturation-level advertisements will do the rest, I think.

I may be wrong, but my gut tells me that he has this thing in the bag at this stage.



-Laelth

[True Blue American]

27. Agree!

But the main bashers had it handed right back!

[Chainfire]

55. Baggage?

If baggage were an issue, Trump would be DOA.

[emmaverybo]

24. In which case, my respect for PB would plummet.

[mdelaguna]

38. Wow! Haven't read that perspective this morning!

Interesting!

[BusyBeingBest]

18. Didn't watch, not writing him or anyone off.

[Quixote1818]

22. Elizabeth Warren's takedown of him is getting big time play on every network. I think

his rise up will now stall.

[True Blue American]

28. The pundits are always wrong.

I am listening to the real debate. Disagree with everything they have said.

[mdelaguna]

39. I think not.

She seemed to be striking from below (below in polling standards). Angry attack to get back in the spotlight. Kind of obvious tactic re: low hanging fruit. Not that inspirational. And in a fair world I think Warren should win. Our voters so fickle tho.

[Voltaire2]

25. Ok. Is he going to not participate in any more

unscripted appearances?

[True Blue American]

26. I would not dream of

Writing Mike off. I am listening to the debate right now and think Mike is doing just fine,hitting back at those attacking him.

[Aviation Pro]

29. I've signed dozens of NDAs

They protect both sides. In two days that exchange will be a non-event.

[uponit7771]

32. If the women want to talk it doesn't protect anyone but the company. This is bullshit and we ...

... all know it and so do you.

[MrsCoffee]

45. Whatever helps one sleep at night.

Bloomberg is a disgusting misogynist.

[Aviation Pro]

46. Sure he is

And what exactly has Warren governed?

Zero.

[aikoaiko]

33. agreed

[Squinch]

34. I was all in for him. Thought he was the answer. Don't like

that we need his money, but post Citizens United, we do.

I was very disappointed.

He's a smart man. Too smart to have gone into the debate without better answers to the obvious questions. He had to know they were coming and he had to know the answers had to be compelling. They weren't.

I think Liz did well in that exchange, but I didn't think it was anything like a slam dunk wipe out that everyone here was saying.

And that said, each of the candidates has had a bad debate. Some have had more than one.

I'm still open to his candidacy, and I agree. He's certainly not finished. But he's going to have to get much better real soon at personal presentation if he's going to be able to be the guy who overcomes his own baggage, perceived and real, to lead the charge against Filthy Donnie.

But I'm back to undecided and watching the numbers Laura Pour Me A Drink put out yesterday on candidates with the largest margin against Filthy Donnie in swing states. So far that's Joe. Though he has been running a lackluster campaign and he's the king of the unforced error, this number is a compelling consideration.

[mdelaguna]

40. Similar thoughts (I have had)

Following closely.

[honest.abe]

42. I am with you Squinch.

I thought Bloomberg might be the one to take it but after last night I am back with Biden. I am just hoping he can pull it out in SC. That would give him a big boost going into Super Tuesday.

[Squinch]

35. PS. Perhaps my biggest hope going in last night was that he

or SOMEONE would be able to come out looking stronger than the others and the internal fighting could stop and we could turn our anger on Filthy Donnie.

Not only did that not happen, it only made things worse in that respect. In that way, it was a very bad night for the party.

[Amishman]

36. I can't write him off, I never considered him viable in the first place

Between his baggage, late entry, and the anti-billionaire current going through the party; he seemed to be an 'also-run' at best.

[Steelrolled]

37. I agree - this is a bump in the road to the White House.

He didn't do well in that spectacle that some people call a debate. He will go back with his team and analyze it, and be better next time. This is nothing. He will look back at it a year from now and chuckle.

[2naSalit]

43. Too late! Since I never "penciled him in" in the first place. ...nt

[MrsCoffee]

44. Too late.

[JCMach1]

48. I will be counter intuitive and say Bberg goes up

After this debate. It's the just being on stage effect that helped Trump in 2016.

So Warren and Bberg get a boost from the debate.

[Act_of_Reparation]

50. Too late.

[berksdem]

51. F Bloomberg...

racist a$$hole imo

[KPN]

52. Too late. I have already as have millions of others.

[totodeinhere]

54. Yes, he can buy a lot of attention with his non stop ads. And probably only about five to six

million people saw last night's debate. But that doesn't change the substance of the attacks that the other candidates made against him last night. And you better believe that the Trump campaign was taking notes last night. If Mike does make it to the general election you better believe that what he faced last night will be a walk in the park compared to what Trump will throw at him. So I cannot support him because I regard him as a sure loser in November.