Bloomberg Wants Hillary Clinton as Running Mate

[Grand58742]

Not so sure that tells the tale of what happened in that election. He didn’t bother to campaign in person and she ran a community organizer end-run on him. She didn’t pile up a huge margin to win.

Same thing with our esteemed Democratic Representative out here in deep red Oklahoma. She ran a great ground game and beat the incumbent because he thought he had the election sewn up.

I can flat guarantee you she's a one hit wonder though and will be challenged/defeated this November.

[The_War_Wagon]

Redrum! Redrum! (Hillary's hittin' it hard AGAIN!)

[Ron3]

Off topic but if I were the DNC I'd want to run Guttieg as Prez and beg M. Obama to be his Vice Prez.

Think about it. It would bring that extra excitement to get people to want to vote for them.

With them and the increasing vote fraud I think they'd have a real chance against Trump. If not, definitely could try again next time.

[Grand58742]

I'm watching the DNC debates tonight. I will give Bloomberg this, he's going Trump style on his opponents and calling them out on stage. I don't think he steals voters away from Bernie, but I could see him pulling ahead of Biden, Buttigieg and Klobachar on Super Tuesday.

[Grand58742]

[titsonritz]

I'm watching the DNC debates tonight. I will give Bloomberg this, he's going Trump style on his opponents and calling them out on stage. I don't think he steals voters away from Bernie, but I could see him pulling ahead of Biden, Buttigieg and Klobachar on Super Tuesday.

I don't know, they were slapping him around pretty hard IMO.

[Grand58742]

I don't know, they were slapping him around pretty hard IMO.

I thought he recovered towards the end and had some good punches of his own against Bernie. They specifically put him on the defensive to avoid letting him talk about his policy ideas...which is probably a good thing since they aren't as crazy as everyone else on stage.

I don't think he had a good debate, but I'd bet he's about to go full Trump on the others in the next debate and on the road.

[Dirk Williams]

You guys are aware the Pete the butt plug, is a Marxist right?. Family and doctrine since his early days were flying the Marxist flag.

DW

[glocktogo]

I echo a few who have posted on this but there's no way that Bloomberg can win the minority vote. Policies enacted and further "enhanced" under his tenure as Mayor of NY and the scrutiny he's under now, no way he converts. Then look at Bernie's supporters: the only word that comes to mind is rabid and uneducated. We all saw what happened in 2016 when Hillary "won" the nomination, a lot of Bernie's supporters jumped ship and voted for Trump in swing states due to the populous message. Same thing could happen again, but maybe not in such high numbers.

As for Hillary, does she really strike anyone as someone who would settle for VP, a position that for the most part is lofted in tradition than in actual responsibility? At least with state, she could build her intelligence network, champion Libyan intervention, and spearheaded support for the insurgency in Syria and others in the Arab spring.

Time will tell.

A couple of points. On Bloomberg, you're forgetting that he's the 10th richest oligarch in the WORLD. All he has to do is write a few checks and minority block leaders will line up to endorse him. All he has to do is work a deal and have Obama/Michelle endorse him, then all that other stuff will fade to the background. Yes it will infuriate hardcore Bernie Bro communists, but no one likes them anyway, not even themselves.

As for Hillary? LOL VP is tailor made to reinvigorate her "foundation" fundraising, which has tanked since she lost. If she raked in all that money as SoS, imagine what she could rake in as VP? Then there's always the chance POTUS croaks in office and she's in charge. Money and power are all it takes to entice her.

Same thing with our esteemed Democratic Representative out here in deep red Oklahoma. She ran a great ground game and beat the incumbent because he thought he had the election sewn up.

I can flat guarantee you she's a one hit wonder though and will be challenged/defeated this November.

Horn is Bloomberg funded too. Even if she loses, I'll bet Bloomberg pockets even more political offices this election cycle than he did in 2018. I will say he got savaged last night. It was written all over his face that he's unaccustomed to being spoken to like that, which was glorious. Google news merely states that he's ready to move on from his first debate. It was so bad Yahoo doesn't even have it anywhere near the top of their news results. It's as if it didn't even happen! LOL

It's possible that Bloomberg realized last night that buying a POTUS would be easier than buying the Oval Office. Still, he did shrug it off publicly and warned that Trump won last night, as a warning to Dem voters. Bernie is still running to win and Bloomberg is running to force a brokered convention he can buy. It's his only chance to face Trump.

[sundance435]

I thought he recovered towards the end and had some good punches of his own against Bernie. They specifically put him on the defensive to avoid letting him talk about his policy ideas...which is probably a good thing since they aren't as crazy as everyone else on stage.

I don't think he had a good debate, but I'd bet he's about to go full Trump on the others in the next debate and on the road.

I watched 20 minutes of it in the second hour, so apparently I missed his terrible performance in the first hour, but I thought Bloomberg gave better than he got in the 20 minutes I watched. Elizabeth Warren just sounded like a screeching suburban soccer mom. Her peddling to minority voters was obsequious - I hope they can see through that crap. Bloomberg gave the only answer I think you should when someone uses the fact that you were able to make $60 billion in America as a criticism, like it's worthy of shame - I worked hard for it. His zinger to Bernie was perfect, basically, isn't America great? I can make $60 billion and a socialist can be a millionaire with 3 homes.

That said, we'll see whether $500 million is enough to avoid the retail side of politics. His debate answers will not endear him to the more boisterous, reactionary elements of that party, but I don't think that's what he's trying for at all. His lane is narrow, which is why they leaked a memo about other candidates dropping out. He is the most credible "beat Trump" candidate in the over-50 middle class demographic and that's where his support comes from...and they vote. Those people aren't persuaded nearly as much by emotion.

In the end, I don't think he has a legitimate shot at the nomination in a party that has skewed the way it has over the last 8 years, but Super Tuesday will tell. I doubt whether even Obama could win it with his 8-year record. It's truly a strange day when he (Obama) would now be considered a moderate in your party.