Bloomberg campaign: Primary is two-way race with Sanders

[left-of-center2012]

Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign is casting the 2020 primary race as a two-man battle between the former New York City mayor and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

Bloomberg’s campaign said in a conference call with reporters Tuesday that it has seen its stock rise as former Vice President Joe Biden's back-to-back losses in Iowa and New Hampshire have sparked questions about his viability.

“Mike is quite clearly in a strong second place in this primary and rising rapidly above the rest of the field, which is either stagnant or declining quickly,” Dan Kanninen, the Bloomberg campaign’s states director, said on the conference call. “None of the other Democrats beside Mike or Bernie is in a position to amass delegates in a serious way on Super Tuesday.”

Bloomberg has seen a recent polling surge after a monthslong advertising blitz backed by hundreds of millions of his own dollars. The former mayor has enjoyed a steady rise since his late campaign launch in November, though national polls from the past weeks show him rising into the primary field’s top tier, with a new survey out Tuesday showing him in second place behind Sanders.

The boasts from Bloomberg’s campaign come in the aftermath of fourth and fifth-place finishes for Biden in the first two nominating states, setting off handwringing among moderate Democrats that Sanders, a self-avowed democratic socialist, will coast to the nomination as centrists struggle to rally around a standard bearer.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483501-bloomberg-campaign-primary-is-two-way-race-with-sanders

[AlexSFCA]

1. which state can bloomberg win on Super Tuesday?

I don’t think even think he can win his home state.

[snowybirdie]

2. His campaign

Is so negative lately. And now it's is against Democratic candidates! Focus on trump, Mikey!

[left-of-center2012]

6. "His campaign's so negative ... it's against Democratic candidates!"

Haven’t the other candidates attacked Bloomberg?

[ancianita]

3. It's NOT two-way. His campaign is wrong.

[Mike 03]

4. With this level of hubris he runs the same risk as the Bernie campaign

of pissing people off who would be considered natural political allies.

[aikoaiko]

5. I see an opening for Pete and Amy especially Amy.

If she says something along the lines of, "I hear the Bernie people and yes M4A, student loans, and free college including tech school is on the table."

Pete might be able to do it, too.


Otherwise, I think Bloomberg will run over Pete and Amy.