If Mike Bloomberg is the Democratic nominee, will you vote for him in November?

everybody's freaking out about Bloomberg but honestly I think it's unwarranted - the odds of him cracking 15% in the Super Tuesday states don't look good to me

I only posited the narrow margin for my darkest timeline scenario to give us a glimmer of hope until the moment late on election eve when it's rudely snatched away and we fall into a bottomless void of horror forever and ever.

xp This is an insane amount of money even for big money politics though. There are stories going around of him poaching staff from other campaigns.

I'm less freaking out about Bloomberg than I am walking up to him and screaming 'FUCK YOU, BLOOMBERG' in his rich asshole face over and over. If that makes sense.

xp - it's not a likely situation but we elected a rapist game show host, who's to say a guy worth $50 billion can't buy an election? We're in uncharted territory.

best case scenario is that he just pours a billion into Instagram influencers to get 1% of people under the age of 30

Bloomberg’s hiring spree is so massive, he is leaving lots of local campaigns in the lurch, resulting in crucial lost races for Dems. https://t.co/DT2JRntErO

— Alexander Chee (@alexanderchee) February 13, 2020

Would never vote for him and fear he may be even worse than Trump in some ways. Worried he may run as an independent in the general if Sanders or Warren win the nomination.

i am voting only for Sanders or maaaybe Warren in November

anyone else doesnt need my symbolic, self-hating vote in NY

it'd be the first gen prez election btwn two Republicans

also it's not happening

If he's running against Trump, of course I will vote for him. It's not a hard question.

not if youve been "settling" your whole life

every prez election of my adult lifetime has been worse than the preceding one

this matchup wd blow past all of them

If you've been "settling" your whole life, aren't you used to it?

Anyone who quits a legit dem campaign to work for Bloomberg should be put on a watchlist.

This election would be the meme of the 2 Spider-Men pointing at each other. 2 rich, racist, misogynist, authoritarian New York Republicans bickering. Dismal turnout, Democratic party broken, easy incumbent win.

in fact i'd urge a Sanders third-party run in this case

If he needs my vote in WA it’s a lost cause. If the Democrats nominate him they’d deserve to lose. Love to argue “we need to get rid of the racist sexist authoritarian billionaire by any means necessary, so get out and vote for the racist sexist authoritarian billionaire!”

ugh I guess so

the Carvilles and Joy Reids wd lean on climate and gun control

BUT NO, THIS ISNT HAPPENING

I think he would have a more accomplished left-wing presidency than bernie sanders since spending $300 million on ads is a more viable path to passing the public option than having your fans show up to mitch mcconnell's house a bunch

also unlike sanders he has pretty genuine views on gun control (which is prob why he is a bad candidate)

Even if Sanders accomplishes none of his domestic policy goals, having him in charge of American foreign policy for four years would be enough for me.

otm

I think that is a fair argument to make, I just wonder how many people at his rallies also agree with that

feel like it barely matters since i can't see bloomberg actually winning the votes of enough democrats to win the general election, but i'd probably hold my nose and vote for the guy just for the sake of having a president who believes that climate change is happening

i doubt sanders would actually get much of anything passed, but foreign policy + executive orders + judicial appointments could wind up making him a pretty consequential president anyway

Those who have said "blue no matter who" kinda hafta mean it, even if it means a pretty major nose-holding vote like this one

I think when Republicans inevitably stonewall his policies, Sanders could tell a pretty simple, coherent story about who the villains are and what they are keeping from the average American. And that might mitigate some of the attacks on him as an extremist who can’t accomplish anything, and might be more effective than a moderate who tries to reach across the aisle and gets rebuffed. But I don’t know! And I don’t trust a Democratic Congress to stick together on any of his proposals.

Bloomberg's currently polling as the Dem candidate with the best shot to beat Trump but I wonder how much of that is because most people haven't heard him speak yet

so was Biden.

he's going to show up at one or more of the remaining debates, I assume?

when Republicans inevitably stonewall his policies, Sanders could tell a pretty simple, coherent story about who the villains are and what they are keeping from the average American

I have been looking at the news for the past 40 years and I think that "simple, coherent story about who the villains are" is pretty well-told by now.

Just to take a recent example, Republicans inevitably stonewalled impeachment and Democrats generally told a simple, coherent story about who the villains were, and... (crickets)

he's going to show up at one or more of the remaining debates, I assume?

― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.),

Bloomberg too, I think.

ayooo

anyway I'm not american so not voting in this but I wouldn't relish the chance to choose btwn NY billionaire Epstein-associated sex pests regardless of whether I was in a swing state or not

In the future, every NY billionaire Epstein-associated sex pest will be president for fifteen minutes.

I probably would because my wife would divorce me otherwise, but fuck Bloomberg.

I think he would have a more accomplished left-wing presidency than bernie sanders

I wish he'd arrested you ya bloody lunatic

do you give a shit about civil liberties? obv not

"Bloomberg is not perfect" could be even more fun than "Obama is not perfect"

turn on MSNBC to find out

sorry morbs I guess I just care about passing left wing policy more than you

Morbz has never cared about policy

or math. or facts.

i doubt sanders would actually get much of anything passed

landmark legislation of the last Dem prez: Bob Dole's healthcare plan

fuck both of you shits hard

let Bloomshit spend on those public option ads w/out thinking he needs to buy the fucking presidency

Lol at the idea of Bloomberg passing more left wing policy than Bernie. Unless by left wing policy you mean industrial development zones and tax breaks for fat cat developers, in which case Bloomberg all the way.

dude go meditate or something xp

If he gets it (which, probably not), I could say I was alive to watch the right realize their mission to completely infiltrate and take over the Democratic Party. /TinfoilHatButStill

tell the OWS centrist to go meditate

Bloomberg is doing all this to kneecap a progressive agenda, not advance it. He knows MSNBC Dems are the easiest marks.

that's a typo, should read "Moist"

Bloomberg could've just skipped all the ad buys and instead sent $1M checks to every American, and he would've been dictator for life.

something off with your math there

He could give everyone about 163 bucks. Tomayto, tomahto

Heheh, brain not working today

No need to bribe everyone. Only about 150 million vote, and he'd only need 50% of the voters in enough states to win the electoral college. Bloomberg's a data-savvy guy, so he'd figure that out, I'm sure.

So you're saying, if he were to buy votes, that I could maximize my payment by minimizing the number of voters? Hmm ...

the more you hate him, the more he has to pay you in order to buy your votes. it's simple political economy

I just want a big check, dammit

Just buy off 3-4 swing states, bargain with both parties to make yourself VP with a quick resignation by the elected President.

lol, this side-convo is pretty funny given what bloomberg said in the debate a few minutes ago about buying elections

Are they using Humans of Late Capitalism as a guidebook or something?

We’ve got something in the shop for our #CAPitalist friends.

Order now: https://t.co/7oigKwgldK pic.twitter.com/xyOPtoLZx2

— Team Bloomberg (@Mike2020) February 26, 2020

why not make em red and ship to Trump rallies?

New Bloomberg rally music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftSWk-mg_Vc

Still yes for me, though it looks less like I might have to and I'm fine with that.

Having watched portions of the past two debates, my wife and I both agree that Bloomberg is definitely the worst of the remaining candidates, closely followed by Biden. They even make Buttigeig and Klobuchar look good by comparison. We are boomers, btw.

fun thought exercise with klobuchar: what does she actually believe in? if elected, what would be the big difference with her in charge?

mandated leg shavings

Seriously? Aggressive prosecution of drug users, deporting immigrants, against free speech.

to be fair that would currently not be a big difference

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has made overtures to Democrat Andrew Yang, courting the former candidate’s endorsement and floating the possibility of Mr. Yang becoming his running mate, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

The turning point

The Billionaire and the Millionaire!

giving everyone $1000 of Bloomberg's money every month I can get behind

A text exchange:

'Hi, it's Jen with Mike Bloomberg 2020. Election day is around the corner and we deserve a Democratic nominee that will beat Donald Trump. Can I count on you to vote for Mike?'

'Hi, Jen! Please tell Mike to cram it with walnuts. And that if he absolutely needs to buy something, a pony is way cheaper than an election.'

His volunteers must just be completely exhausted at this point and wondering if it's worth all of the artisanal hoagies.

did we ever determine if he actually has any volunteers

Well, volunteer$$$

Well.

La Warreña esta endingo ella campaigño. Yo wisho ella endedo ít que beforè destroyingo mi thougho.

— Miguel Bloombito (@ElBloombito) March 5, 2020

btw he did not "set $500 million on fire," Shakey, he helped torch Sanders to save himself and his class from the wealth tax

if anything he probably helped Sanders

he commie-baited him with saturation TV ads

Bloomberg's going to spend 1.4% of his wealth as a fuck-off to Trump. I don't think Sanders ever figured heavily in this decision.

flashback to... ten days ago

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/24/mike-bloomberg-prepares-media-blitz-against-bernie-sanders.html