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highplainsdem

(48,731 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 02:52 PM Nov 2019

Amy Klobuchar trashes Bloomberg for suggesting 2020 Dems aren't good enough

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/10/klobuchar-trashes-bloomberg-2020-democrats-068727


Sen. Amy Klobuchar torched former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his political calculus in potentially jumping into the 2020 race, ripping the multi-billionaire for thinking he could “waltz in” in the thick of the campaign and declare the rest of the field insufficient.

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But Klobuchar, one of several candidates in the crowded moderate lane of the race that Bloomberg would also occupy, asserted that being displeased with the current crop of contenders was not a good enough reason on its own to join the fray.

“I certainly welcome Mayor Bloomberg to the race. He's done incredible work on gun safety, on environmental issues. And it is work of merit,” Klobuchar said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But I don't think you just waltz in and say, instead of ‘I'm good enough to be president,’ your argument is the other people aren't good enough — that is not how we've been conducting these debates.”

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Klobuchar categorically rejected Bloomberg’s political calculus Sunday, declaring that the mayor’s analysis of the race was “ very incorrect.”

She also joined the chorus of her fellow Democratic rivals who have suggested that Bloomberg, by being able to sink his personal fortune into the race and not be dependent on donations in the way his rivals are, would essentially be buying himself an election. Those accusations have hounded Tom Steyer, also a billionaire, in the race.

As evidence, she pointed to the parallels between Bloomberg’s potential candidacy and Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump self-funded much of his primary run.

“When people look at the White House and see this multi-millionaire, — including, by the way, independents and moderate Republicans — and now he's messing up so many things, I don't think they say, ‘Oh, we need someone richer,’” Klobuchar contended. “I think you have to earn votes and not buy them.”

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Btw, she said this before the news from Axios that sources close to Bloomberg said this was a trial balloon and he might not run.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287342094
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Amy Klobuchar trashes Bloomberg for suggesting 2020 Dems aren't good enough (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2019 OP
I dont see him running. He's just not going to go anywhere IMO oldsoftie Nov 2019 #1
I agree that he won't go anywhere. Like Steyer, he has spent a lot of his own spooky3 Nov 2019 #11
If you can't find someone to vote for in the current crop of candidates... Salviati Nov 2019 #2
Good on Amy! Thank you, Cha Nov 2019 #3
Biden/Klobuchar! Mme. Defarge Nov 2019 #4
I've now seen a few candidates saying similar. The thing is I don't think Bloomberg ever said.... George II Nov 2019 #5
Klobuchar is very good at this judeling Nov 2019 #6
Bloomberg's announcement was a trial balloon Gothmog Nov 2019 #7
Thank You, Senator! corbettkroehler Nov 2019 #8
We don't need bdamomma Nov 2019 #9
I'm with her Xandric77 Nov 2019 #10
Perhaps not the strongest argument coming from a candidate who straddles the line in polls tritsofme Nov 2019 #12
 

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
1. I dont see him running. He's just not going to go anywhere IMO
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 03:02 PM
Nov 2019
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spooky3

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11. I agree that he won't go anywhere. Like Steyer, he has spent a lot of his own
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 05:32 PM
Nov 2019

money for good causes, including supporting Democratic causes, and I admire both for that. But I don't see him as having any more appeal than has Steyer. At least he has held public office apparently mostly successfully, with some important exceptions, whereas Steyer has not. But if that is the primary measure on which primary voters judge the candidates, other candidates have more.

That said, I think he and anyone else who thinks s/he is qualified should put themselves in the race and see what happens.

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Salviati

(6,002 posts)
2. If you can't find someone to vote for in the current crop of candidates...
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 03:18 PM
Nov 2019

... Then any claims you might make about maybe voting Democratic if the right candidate comes along are likely in bad faith. If you can't commit to voting for whomever gets the nomination, that I suspect you were never going to vote Democratic in the first place.

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Cha

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3. Good on Amy! Thank you,
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 03:22 PM
Nov 2019

hpd!

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George II

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5. I've now seen a few candidates saying similar. The thing is I don't think Bloomberg ever said....
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 03:57 PM
Nov 2019

....he thought any of the candidates aren't good enough. He just thinks he can be better. Two completely different things.

It's his job to prove it, just as it's the job of every other candidate to do so, too.

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judeling

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6. Klobuchar is very good at this
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 04:05 PM
Nov 2019

While she may not have the pizzazz to get the full credit. In the moment she is able to hone in on the weakest parts of the argument in attack, and still balance with positive noise.

"There are three women on stage", "150 million in 4 years", "Even the Billionaire on the stage", more often then not she is first in and has had a lot to do with shaping the race.

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Gothmog

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7. Bloomberg's announcement was a trial balloon
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 04:36 PM
Nov 2019
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corbettkroehler

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8. Thank You, Senator!
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 04:48 PM
Nov 2019

I add my personal round of applause to the senior senator from Minnesota!

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bdamomma

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9. We don't need
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 04:57 PM
Nov 2019

Bloomberg, not at all.

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tritsofme

(17,325 posts)
12. Perhaps not the strongest argument coming from a candidate who straddles the line in polls
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 06:32 PM
Nov 2019

for statistical significance.

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