Bill De Blasio expctd to announce Presidential bid next week.

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

FWIW, I think a number of New Yorker would be happy to get him out of town....

[Sanity Claws]

1. Oh Goddess no

He is not ready for prime time.

[democratisphere]

2. ENOUGH ALREADY!

[Peacetrain]

3. How long will it take for all the candidates to walk out on stage...

gonna have to break it up to three different stages I would guess.... but here is the real head scratcher.. how will we get all these people on stage to do a speech during the Democratic Convention.. yikes..

[Kahuna7]

4. They should do it in a conga line.

[Peacetrain]

5. ROFL!!

[sacto95834]

19. Conga Line...

Do you think they could all still fit on the stage? Or are we thinking having them go around the auditorium?

If this keeps up, the candidates will sit where the audience usually does and the audience will sit on the stage.

[Kahuna7]

20. They would definitely nave to go around the auditorium. nt

[brooklynite]

25. Reminder: max of 20 eligible, and only 10 at a time.

[George II]

6. Please don't.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

7. ::::Makes room in my lowest tier::::

[Kurt V.]

8. good grief. buy a Ferrari if you're having a midlife crisis.

[uawchild]

9. I might switch my support to Al Franken!

I have new respect for his self restraint in NOT declaring for president.

[Celerity]

11. lolol, probably the thread winner

[Perseus]

10. I wonder, does this help the Demcoratic party?

To have these many candidates? I believe it will IF they join forces at the end, if all the campaign money of those who loose goes into supporting the nominee, and if they make an effort to carry the same message. They should compete on "who can do it better", but the goals for the country should be the same.

[Politicub]

12. Welcome to the scrum, De Blasio.

I know very little about him other than he’s mayor of NYC.

It would be great to have an executive who has experience leading a cosmopolitan population.

[EffieBlack]

13. Oh, good Lord!

Enough already, people. We have more than enough.

How do we close applications?

[dalton99a]

14. Finally. We need someone who can speak Italian

[Maven]

23. LOL!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Oh, please, just stop already.

These relatively obscure latecomers have to know they haven't a fart's chance in a monsoon of getting the nomination, so are they doing it to get attention to further other political aspirations? Hoping to be picked as the nominee's running mate? Trying to impress a significant other/parent/next-door neighbor? Why don't we all do it, just for fun?

[customerserviceguy]

27. "...a fart's chance in a monsoon..."

Oh, I am SO using that, thanks!

[democratisphere]

16. Oh no, say it ain't so!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Interesting -

Sixth paragraph down

Hizzoner would be joining a crowded field with at least 21 other Democratic candidates — and a handful more who haven’t declared yet. The mayor may not even qualify for the first debates, which have been capped by the Democratic National Committee at 20 participants split over two consecutive nights.

Timing is everything.

[OnDoutside]

18. They're going to have to build a bigger stage !

[DesertRat]

21. Oh boy...

[question everything]

22. Why? What can he possibly offer that is not already there?

And if many New Yorkers would love to get rid of him, why dump him on the rest of us?

[RLG]

24. I'm assuming he decided to run after seeing Buttigieg's success so far.

I guess he thinks if the mayor of a city of 104,000 people can run for President, why not the mayor of America's largest city?

[TreasonousBastard]

26. Dear God PLEASE MAKE IT STOP