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On February 11 2020 09:08 semantics wrote:If you want to get really dark you can say he see how Trump outright enriched himself with the presidency and he's looking to do the same.; or maybe he's looking to protect the billionaire class form Sanders.

On February 11 2020 09:15 Gorsameth wrote:
Bloomberg probably makes more scratching his ass then Trump does from 'enriching' himself. I don't buy that he is doing it to make money.

On February 11 2020 10:54 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:

He'll make money by not having Bernie or Warren redo taxes.

On February 11 2020 12:53 Slaughter wrote:
Bloomberg just wants to troll trump and this is how someone with that much money fucks with another rich asshole. Every add I have seen from him is just tearing into Trump.

In the first national survey since the Iowa caucuses ended with Sanders and Pete Buttigieg vying for the top spot, the Vermont senator had 25% support, topping the Quinnipiac University poll for the first time. He was followed by Biden at 17% and the former New York City mayor at 15%, according to the poll released on Monday.

Sanders is also leading in New Hampshire polls ahead of the state’s primary on Tuesday.

Bloomberg’s surge comes after his campaign spent more than $300 million on advertising around the country, including in expensive media markets in states like California and Texas that vote in the March 3 Super Tuesday nominating contests.

His strong showing gives him two of the four qualifying polls he would need to participate in the Las Vegas Democratic debate on Feb. 19. Candidates need to show 10% in four qualifying national polls or 12% in two polls taken in Nevada or South Carolina by Feb. 18. Bloomberg, who entered the race in late November, scored 10% in a Fox News national poll in January.

On February 11 2020 21:56 farvacola wrote:
CNN is running articles that are really pushing on the "this is the end of the importance of Iowa/NH" angle today, so prepare for a Sanders victory!

Also, Trump's budget is fucking awful and the Republican chair of the Senate Budget Committee won't even hold a hearing on it.

On February 11 2020 23:54 Mohdoo wrote:

This is great news because it also means the media is sticking with Biden. The longer they don't understand why Biden has no future, the longer they'll wait to put their full force behind buttigieg. I see buttigieg as the only real threat to Bernie.

On February 12 2020 00:31 Logo wrote:


I think the real/biggest threat to Bernie is a brokered convention. Buttigieg has a ton of skeletons in his closet (like the recently detailed photo-op military service he did), Bloomberg is basically a republican who's said/done pretty damning things in the past, and Biden is well Biden. None of them feel capable of pulling together a big coalition, but all of them combined seem big enough to cause a brokered convention.

There's a pretty real possibility that Bernie wins every single primary & caucus and doesn't become the nominee.

On February 12 2020 00:31 Logo wrote:


I think the real/biggest threat to Bernie is a brokered convention. Buttigieg has a ton of skeletons in his closet (like the recently detailed photo-op military service he did), Bloomberg is basically a republican who's said/done pretty damning things in the past, and Biden is well Biden. None of them feel capable of pulling together a big coalition, but all of them combined seem big enough to cause a brokered convention.

There's a pretty real possibility that Bernie wins every single primary & caucus and doesn't become the nominee.

On February 12 2020 01:26 Mohdoo wrote:


I can't imagine a world where the DNC chooses anyone other than who has the most delegates. Despite everything I've said in the past, I would not vote in 2020 if the DNC "actually" robbed Bernie.