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I'm hearing that Bloomberg not only dropped out and is endorsing Biden, but they are also trying to figure out the legalities for a way for Bloomberg to be able to financially support Biden.
 
Warren pretty much took him out. He isn't the great guy in the ads. She showed the world the real Bloomberg.
 
crandc said:
Warren pretty much took him out. He isn't the great guy in the ads. She showed the world the real Bloomberg.
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No disrespect, but this is like saying that Trump took Warren out when he mocked her for her questionable minority claims. Bloomberg took himself out by waiting for the last second to join and not tackling his minority problem properly by apologizing properly for frisk and search and showing that he learned from it.
 
crandc said:
Warren pretty much took him out. He isn't the great guy in the ads. She showed the world the real Bloomberg.
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Which was probably satisfying, but ultimately not a great use of her time and energy if she wanted to win it herself.

barfo
 
julius said:
Have Bloomberg sexually harass Biden, and pay him off.
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Let’s be honest, Biden is the one who would be leaning in and sniffing on Bloomberg’s ear lol
 
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barfo said:
Which was probably satisfying, but ultimately not a great use of her time and energy if she wanted to win it herself.
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And yet a fine contribution to the cause.
 
Minstrel said:
And yet a fine contribution to the cause.
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Only if he wouldn't have imploded on his own (I think he would have, but I might be wrong).

barfo
 
barfo said:
Only if he wouldn't have imploded on his own (I think he would have, but I might be wrong).

barfo
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Perhaps. My view was that while I had certain mild favorites in the Democratic primary, I was largely okay with any of the major candidates except Bloomberg. So the quick elimination of him brought some peace of mind. I mean, I didn't expect him to win the nomination regardless, but most of us thought the same of Trump early in 2016, so things happen and it's nice to have even the small risk off the table.

I agree that it probably wasn't the most efficient use of time for Warren specifically.
 
I think it would be a error in judgment to think that Bloomberg is simply going to disappear from the scene and become completely irrelevant in this election.
 
yankeesince59 said:
I think it would be a error in judgment to think that Bloomberg is simply going to disappear from the scene and become completely irrelevant in this election.
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He’s going to finance Biden’s campaign because Biden can’t fundraise for shit.
 
yankeesince59 said:
I think it would be a error in judgment to think that Bloomberg is simply going to disappear from the scene and become completely irrelevant in this election.
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He said he was going to invest a billion in Democrats this election cycle, even if he wasn't the nominee. So, no, I don't think he's going to disappear.
 
I will be honest with you - I was surprised that he ran at all - for someone whose success was built on understanding the data - he really did not read the data properly about this - maybe he was just looking at trends and ignoring the overall numbers when he finally decided to join the race - but his initial decision to stay out was probably the right one and he got caught in the excitement of looking at trends and remembering that it is likely his last opportunity.
 
Minstrel said:
He said he was going to invest a billion in Democrats this election cycle, even if he wasn't the nominee. So, no, I don't think he's going to disappear.
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And, he promised his Very Large Staff (TM) employment through November.

barfo
 
andalusian said:
I will be honest with you - I was surprised that he ran at all - for someone whose success was built on understanding the data - he really did not read the data properly about this - maybe he was just looking at trends and ignoring the overall numbers when he finally decided to join the race - but his initial decision to stay out was probably the right one and he got caught in the excitement of looking at trends and remembering that it is likely his last opportunity.
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I think it was hard to predict Biden's resurrection.

barfo
 
Minstrel said:
Perhaps. My view was that while I had certain mild favorites in the Democratic primary, I was largely okay with any of the major candidates except Bloomberg.
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I think I was more open to Bloomberg than you, but of the 'Final Four', Warren was the only one who ranked top-tier for me.

Pete, Warren, Kamala, Castro, Amy, Booker, Beto >>
Biden, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Bennet, Patrick, Bullock, Gillibrand, Swalwell >>
Bernie, Bloomberg, Yang, Tulsi, Steyer, Delaney, de Blasio, Gravel, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Sestak, Williamson

barfo
 
barfo said:
I think I was more open to Bloomberg than you, but of the 'Final Four', Warren was the only one who ranked top-tier for me.

Pete, Warren, Kamala, Castro, Amy, Booker, Beto >>
Biden, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Bennet, Patrick, Bullock, Gillibrand, Swalwell >>
Bernie, Bloomberg, Yang, Tulsi, Steyer, Delaney, de Blasio, Gravel, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Sestak, Williamson
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Interesting that you ranked Sanders so low, in the Gabbard/Delaney/etc category.

My rankings probably would have been

Harris, Warren > Sanders, Buttigieg, Booker, O'Rourke > Biden, Klobuchar, Castro, Gillibrand > Yang > nearly everyone else >>> Bloomberg, Gabbard
 
Minstrel said:
Interesting that you ranked Sanders so low, in the Gabbard/Delaney/etc category.
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Well, I considered making a 4th category, for people who should have been somehow barred from running at all. Sanders would have escaped that category.
I'm ready to embrace Bernie, give him hugs and kisses if he wins out, but I'm not a fan.

barfo
 
Minstrel said:
Interesting that you ranked Sanders so low, in the Gabbard/Delaney/etc category.

My rankings probably would have been

Harris, Warren > Sanders, Buttigieg, Booker, O'Rourke > Biden, Klobuchar, Castro, Gillibrand > Yang > nearly everyone else >>> Bloomberg, Gabbard
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I might be the only one but the only one running under the "Democrat" label that I found appealing was Yang... He seemed fairly progressive, wasn't old, seemed to understand current problems. I thought he was sort of gimmicky with the everyone gets 1000$ and "Math" like he's the only one who has done math, but I found him interesting.
 
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