Bloomberg drops $124 million on ads in Super Tuesday states. Rivals go on the attack

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Democratic presidential candidate Michael R. Bloomberg has spent more than $124 million on advertising in the 14 Super Tuesday states, well over 10 times what his top rivals have put into the contests that yield the biggest trove of delegates in a single day.

The only other candidate to advertise across most of those states so far is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has spent just under $10 million on ads for the March 3 primaries.

Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, has also poured millions into ground operations in Super Tuesday states. In Colorado, where voters already are casting primary ballots by mail, he has a paid staff of 55 people; Sanders has two.

In Colorado, Bloomberg has spent $5.5 million, and Sanders just under $500,000, according to Advertising Analytics, an ad tracking firm that provided data to The Times.

The pattern is similar in most of the other Super Tuesday states. In three of them — Virginia, Alabama and Oklahoma — Bloomberg is the lone Democrat on the air.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-02-17/bloomberg-presidential-campaign-super-tuesday-colorado

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Notice how Donald Trump avoids punching back?

He is scared shitless of a legitimate billionaire businessman.

Bullies tend to go after the ones they perceive as being weaker.

[customerserviceguy]

2. He's hoping

that both Bloomie and Bernie sully each other on the way to the nomination, and that the mushy middle will be fed up with it by Election Day.

[BusyBeingBest]

3. The Repubs are going after Bloomberg now. They'll get Bernie later.

I ventured over to Fox News today.

[Zolorp]

4. GOOD!