Holy mother of God...Steyer spent $67 million

[Laura PourMeADrink]

on 2020 ads? On Rachel

On edit:. Helping Dingbat's economy

[hlthe2b]

1. But less than half of what Bloomberg has spent after just entering

[mucifer]

2. Weird thing is the Governor of Illinois is a billionaire who bought the race and is doing a great

job. But, I don't think Steyers or Bloomberg are as impressive as JB Pritzker.

[Dream Girl]

3. I kind of like Steyer - he has always been progressive and plowed millions into climate change

before it was a thing. He has been at it for almost a decade. I also like his stance on restoring democracy. I like him a lot better than some of the candidates who shall not be named. He is a true believer and is putting his money where his mouth is. He's a good guy.

[calguy]

6. I agree. Steyer is a wise soul who uses his wealth to benefit humanity.

I don't know about him being president, but we need more billionaires like him.

[Thekaspervote]

4. Pritzker did not "buy" the race!

[mucifer]

5. He used a lot of money with ads. No one knew who he was before he ran for office

He never held a political office. He is doing a great job tho.

[OhNo-Really]

11. But who can forget Penny?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Pritzker

[fleabiscuit]

7. I like it. Considering the winnowing down of the candidates I'm getting on board with him. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Is he better than Bloomberg? As far as the big $ guys?

I don't care if our candidate is uber wealthy. So was Ted, and yet he got up every day, when he could have been sailing on his yacht, despite having two slain brothers, and went to the Senate every day to stand up for the little guy.

[fleabiscuit]

10. Well, he's an intelligent guy, seems to truly want to help...,

And doesn't qualify for full social security yet.

We probably don't have to worry about him getting bought, seems sane enough, meh, why not. Let's do it.

[Amishman]

13. Much, Steyer actually is what Bloomberg is pretending to be

I still absolutely do not want a billionaire as our candidate, but Steyer has actual progressive roots, where Bloomberg remains a warmed over Republican

[TidalWave46]

9. 67 million on really good ads that will have a net positive impact..

On the electorate.

[Hortensis]

12. Disgusting. Both billionaires are buying their way up.

Steyer will be in the debate but Booker won't, or any of the highly qualified candidates who dropped out because of inadequate funding won't.

Our elections rescue/campaign funding bill that McConnell's blocking won't knock billionaires out, but the stark contrast between publicly funded Democrats and Big Money, personal or otherwise, should help a lot.

[JudyM]

14. He's top tier in today's NV and SC polls.

Have to say I was just a bit surprised by that.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/democratic_nomination_polls/

[R B Garr]

15. Steyer's real surge is proof that Sanders' attacks

on billionaires are failing miserably. People are not buying that banal mindless kind of insult. They see Steyer wants to help, not just for his ego, like some multi-term Senators.