Michael Bloomberg 2020 campaign megathread

[GeneralMacArthur]

What pisses me off about Bloomberg so much is that he claims credit for 911 recovery.

That was ALL Giuliani and Pataki. Not him. I've roleplayed in election games as Rudy Giuliani more than 3 times and I know plenty about how he blunted the impact of the attacks. Bloomboy was only riding on his coattails.

Had Giuliani not disgraced himself with the Ukraine quagmire, he would still have a very high reputation with broad swaths of people, especially on this forum.

Wrong.  He's been off the deep end very publicly ever since campaigning for Trump in 2016.

[Calthrina950]

What pisses me off about Bloomberg so much is that he claims credit for 911 recovery.

That was ALL Giuliani and Pataki. Not him. I've roleplayed in election games as Rudy Giuliani more than 3 times and I know plenty about how he blunted the impact of the attacks. Bloomboy was only riding on his coattails.

Had Giuliani not disgraced himself with the Ukraine quagmire, he would still have a very high reputation with broad swaths of people, especially on this forum.

Wrong.  He's been off the deep end very publicly ever since campaigning for Trump in 2016.

I'll concede that Giuliani has been a staunch ally of Trump for several years now, but in my view, Ukraine has permanently ruined his reputation, far beyond anything else which he has said or done in that time. 

[Progressive Pessimist]

What pisses me off about Bloomberg so much is that he claims credit for 911 recovery.

That was ALL Giuliani and Pataki. Not him. I've roleplayed in election games as Rudy Giuliani more than 3 times and I know plenty about how he blunted the impact of the attacks. Bloomboy was only riding on his coattails.

Had Giuliani not disgraced himself with the Ukraine quagmire, he would still have a very high reputation with broad swaths of people, especially on this forum.

Wrong.  He's been off the deep end very publicly ever since campaigning for Trump in 2016.

He has actually always been loon. He just used his tenure as Mayor during 9-11 as a cover for it and a lot of people (myself included for at least some time) bought it.

[SuperCow]

Why isn't anyone talking about the momentum Bloomberg is going to get from his American Samoa win?

[Blue3]

lol

[Calthrina950]

lol

Bloomberg crashed and burned tonight. That is indisputable. I despise Elizabeth Warren, but I do give her credit for ripping into Bloomberg at the debates. It's clear that she dealt his campaign a mortal blow. Bloomberg needs to drop out and endorse Biden at this stage, just like Warren herself must drop out and endorse Sanders. Moderates and progressives ought to consolidate behind Biden and Sanders, the only two candidates who have a chance of winning the Democratic nomination now.

[John Dule]

This has been the most pointless campaign in modern political history. Yes, more so than John Delaney's.

[Calthrina950]

This has been the most pointless campaign in modern political history. Yes, more so than John Delaney's.

Bloomberg spent half a billion dollars, and did terribly. This primary also helps to show, once again, that money is not all, which we saw in 2016 as well, with Clinton vastly outspending Trump and yet still losing.

[Mr. Morden]

"Michael Bloomberg to suspend presidential campaign":

https://www.axios.com/mike-bloomberg-drops-out-027d9882-3e65-4663-aec0-70025387def6.html

[Calthrina950]

"Michael Bloomberg to suspend presidential campaign":

https://www.axios.com/mike-bloomberg-drops-out-027d9882-3e65-4663-aec0-70025387def6.html

I'm just seeing this now. This is a game-changer. I expect for the vast majority of Bloomberg's voters to move over to Joe Biden now, and to give him the decisive edge over Sanders.

[Storr]

"Michael Bloomberg to suspend presidential campaign":

https://www.axios.com/mike-bloomberg-drops-out-027d9882-3e65-4663-aec0-70025387def6.html

Good riddance.

[Sir Mohamed]

Congrats on wasting a half billion dollars, dude!

[CellarDoor]

500 - 700 million.

I wonder if he feels it was worth it.

I'm sure he does.  That includes paid staff through November and the development of a sophisticated data operation that Democrats can use.

[CellarDoor]

Bloomberg endorses Biden.

[Storr]

This has been the most pointless campaign in modern political history. Yes, more so than John Delaney's.

Even more than Fred Thompson's?

[Bojack Horseman]

$560 million to come away with American Samoa. Thanks a lot for taking delegates away from Biden, Mike. If not for you we would have won California.

[Sir Mohamed]

https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/1235224092439187460

[OBD]

https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/1235224092439187460

Finally!

Best news of the week!

I'm still bitter that he may have cost Biden additional cushion over Sanders in multiple states, but this redeems him. Slightly.

[Rookie Yinzer]

$560 million to come away with American Samoa. Thanks a lot for taking delegates away from Biden, Mike. If not for you we would have won California.

Y'all are so overdramatic. His run was no harm no foul. Biden is about to build an insurmountable delegate lead through LA, FL, MS, and GA and will kill Bernie in the ACELA corridor. Everything is good.

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

500 - 700 million.

I wonder if he feels it was worth it.

I'm sure he does.  That includes paid staff through November and the development of a sophisticated data operation that Democrats can use.

This highly "sophisticated data operation" help him a lot 


I heard the same in 2016, when Crooked inherited Obama's "sophisticated data operation". It is about Candidate and Policies, stupid!

[Storr]

$560 million to come away with American Samoa. Thanks a lot for taking delegates away from Biden, Mike. If not for you we would have won California.

Y'all are so overdramatic. His run was no harm no foul. Biden is about to build an insurmountable delegate lead through LA, FL, MS, and GA and will kill Bernie in the ACELA corridor. Everything is good.

Yeah, the absolute best I see Bernie doing is similar to Hilary 2008, keeping it competitive throughout most or all of the primaries but always being behind in the delegate count. I don't see that happening thought.

[CellarDoor]

500 - 700 million.

I wonder if he feels it was worth it.

I'm sure he does.  That includes paid staff through November and the development of a sophisticated data operation that Democrats can use.

This highly "sophisticated data operation" help him a lot 


I heard the same in 2016, when Crooked inherited Obama's "sophisticated data operation". It is about Candidate and Policies, stupid!

Firstly, Bloomberg was a terrible candidate.  However, that data operation did combined played a significant role and taking him from 1% to receiving a signfiicant amount of votes yesterday.

To you last point, yes candidate quality matters.  Biden is a much better candidate than Bloomberg (both in the primary and the general).  The data operation will help him immensely, and help Democrats up and down the ballot in November.

[libertpaulian]

Bye-bye, #MiniMike!

[Sir Mohamed]

500 - 700 million.

I wonder if he feels it was worth it.

I'm sure he does.  That includes paid staff through November and the development of a sophisticated data operation that Democrats can use.

This highly "sophisticated data operation" help him a lot 


I heard the same in 2016, when Crooked inherited Obama's "sophisticated data operation". It is about Candidate and Policies, stupid!

Firstly, Bloomberg was a terrible candidate.  However, that data operation did combined played a significant role and taking him from 1% to receiving a signfiicant amount of votes yesterday.

To you last point, yes candidate quality matters.  Biden is a much better candidate than Bloomberg (both in the primary and the general).  The data operation will help him immensely, and help Democrats up and down the ballot in November.

Yup, this is what I'm thankful for. I was never a huge Bloomberg fan, but if he can help us win with ressources, money and staffers, that's great. We need everything possible to beat Mr. Trump. Bloomberg is with us on this and willing to help.

[Sir Mohamed]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1235228511314620416