The cost of going after Bloomberg

[RandySF]

Here's the growing dilemma for 2020 Democrats vying for a one-on-one showdown with frontrunner Bernie Sanders: Do they have the guts — and the money — to first stop Mike Bloomberg?

Why it matters: Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren all must weigh the costs of punching Bloomberg where he looks most vulnerable: stop-and-frisk, charges of sexism, billionaire entitlement. The more zealous the attacks, the greater the risk he turns his campaign ATM against them.

They're already struggling to catch up with Sanders in national support and campaign dollars. Turning their focus toward Bloomberg only complicates that task.

There's another risk, at least for the moderates: Weakening the one who may be best poised to stop Sanders, a democratic socialist, if they fail themselves.



https://www.axios.com/democrats-bloomberg-cost-of-attacks-d8b223d5-edb3-4dbd-bbff-d0749ae0bd62.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. IOW, the non-Bloomberg democratic candidates have three fronts to fight on:

1. Each other
2. Trump
3. Bloomberg

[Lulu KC]

3. Good point

And I am so over it. #2 should be #1--and served with a palatable and inspiring alternative that makes us want to go outside and DO something instead of staring at our screens (as I am doing this very minute).

The way some of our candidates are fighting--not in debates, but on the road, and in front of Trump and Putin, makes me think, "Not in front of the children."

Please. May we be adults? We are only hurting ourselves. We are helping DT.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. How about attacking Trump instead of each other?