Bloomberg's team is saying he was "the grown-up in the room" last night

[highplainsdem]

Tweet from Bloomberg's campaign manager late last night, retweeted by Team Bloomberg:

Link to tweet

You know you are a winner when you are drawing attacks from all the candidates.

Everyone came to destroy Mike tonight. It didn’t happen.

Everyone wanted him to lose his cool. He didn’t do it.

Mike is the grown-up in the room.

#Bloomberg2020

I expected this.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=542146

It was a bad night for Bloomberg much of the time, but there were times when his calm (maybe shell-shocked?) demeanor was a real contrast to how furiously the other candidates were going after him and after one another.

Yes, Bloomberg lost the debate. Badly.

But he's been campaigning by ad, not by debate performance.

I think it would be a safe bet that his team is busy puting together ads contrasting his better answers with the loud fury from the other candidates.

And contrasting what he said about going after Trump with the other candidates' circular firing squad.

And Bloomberg has the money to flood the airwaves, and social media, with those ads.

[cannabis_flower]

1. Bad night...

They tore him a new ass.

[mgcgulfcoast]

2. The problem with being a media creation

Is you fall fast because you actually have no solid base of support.
Ask Jeb Bush, lol

[nobuddy]

3. Jennifer Rubin agrees

Link to tweet

[patricia92243]

5. Also, 3 1/2 minutes less time than others to speak.

[nobuddy]

6. He probably should have had less

Might have helped.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

19. No kiddin!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Cuthbert Allgood]

22. Are you really using Rubin as support for Bloomberg?

That's not a great optic. Just sayin'. Might want to fine, um, I don't know, a non-conservative that likes him. But you do you.

[Iliyah]

4. I remember when Romney tore Pres O to . . .

shreds at the debate. Media wrote Pres O off, and they were extremely ugly about it. I remember that my family were shocked and in tears.

I wouldn't write Bloomberg off, he still has 24/7 commercials both on tv and radio, and he will play victim.

As to Senator Warren and VP Biden

[democrattotheend]

21. Obama in 2012 was different

In that he was already a sitting president, and people who agreed with him weren't going to vote for Romney just because he had a bad debate. His poll numbers went down after that first debate, but he was able to recover in the next two. In a general election, where the policy contrasts are so much starker, a bad debate doesn't hurt as much, especially when people already know you.

Here, in contrast, Democrats are evaluating the candidates in part based on how they will do against Trump, so being a bad debater is something a lot of people will care about. This is especially true since many people who supported Bloomberg weren't crazy about him or his positions in the first place but were going along because they thought he was the most likely to beat Trump. This may not be the end for Bloomberg, but he's probably wishing he hadn't qualified. I'm just hoping the other candidates didn't piss him off so much that he decides to retract his promise to spend his money to help whoever the nominee is beat Trump if he doesn't win.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. That's hilarious.

[democratisphere]

8. Bloomberg was trying to keep it civil but SOME of the others would have none of THAT.

Can't wait to get past Super Tuesday where there might be some clear air.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. At some point Bloomberg must demonstrate how he will show fury against Trump

Unless of course Trump doesn't debate because he can hardly speak at that point. It is 8 months of deterioration away.

[Steelrolled]

10. People love to overreact

The hoopla about Bloomberg's performance on Wednesday will soon be eclipsed by the next hot take.

[mdelaguna]

11. Yes his team is smart.

Debates are getting old, for me. Much prefer town halls where candidates have time not sound bytes and mini attack speeches - those look transparent and desperate to me.

[rzemanfl]

27. I have to wash socks. BBL. n/t

[tulipsandroses]

12. Nice Spin. He did not look like a grown up when he was rolling his eyes at Sen Warren

Showed contempt - As someone said on MSNBC this morning, it was probably the first time in his life that anyone has spoken to him like that. The unpreparedness and eye rolling, not adult like. Nope, that sounds like things my kid did as a teenager.

[jmg257]

13. Yep - if your the adult in the room with the lights off & using binoculars to watch your neighbor's,

wife, then yup that was him!

Get her to sign an NDA and all is well!

[Apollo Zeus]

14. I think they mean "the Republican" in the room NT

[2naSalit]

16. +1

[we can do it]

15. I think he'll keep focus on tangeranus or he has no chance.

[2naSalit]

17. He lost his ass and Warren

held it up and showed how unacceptable it is. Unless he goes out and actually wins votes by interacting with real people in real America and actually hear what they have to say to him, he's not going anywhere but back to his ivory tower.

[bullwinkle428]

18. Wow, I'm sorry, but that is some "Baghdad Bob-esque" level spinning

on the part of Team Bloomie!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

20. Yes, that's what billions can buy you... but money can't buy you love!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!! to

[Baclava]

23. Next time just walk out, leave your wallet on the stage, then leave. It will be less painful, lol

[jcgoldie]

24. The wallet would have been fine

Near as I can tell all he did is talk about how much money he has anyway. Visual aids are always effective.

[Laelth]

25. He survived the debate.

It's clear that the other five candidates had been on the debate stage eight more times than Bloomberg, but he will get better.

-Laelth

[gordianot]

26. There were no grown ups last night, again I will hold my nose when I vote.

This is an emergency Trump and his mob are an existential threat.

[jcmaine72]

28. No

He was roadkill in the debate. Warren tore him a new one.

[Greybnk48]

29. Bloomberg was eviscerated by Warren for being a Republican,

that happens to hate Trump on a personal level, in whatever clothing wins the election for him. Right now he's wearing Democratic garb.

But as Warren pointed out and others followed, after his guts were hanging to his knees, that Bloomberg was with Dubya Bush and Cheney 100% not too very long ago. I remember that clearly, until he felt it wasn't a good look for him and he turned on them (a little).

And Bloomberg was NOT a supporter of Obama, contrary to the ads he's running: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/19/obama-bloombergs-relationship-its-apparently-more-complicated-than-bloombergs-ads-sugg

[Nay]

34. Thank you. I agree that Warren, who is accustomed to eviscerating hoity-toity bankers,

had no trouble doing the same to Bloomberg. Frankly, there are tons of Democrats here and in the rest of the country who are wondering how an obvious Republican like Bloomberg is even allowed to run as a Democrat. I have no problem with him using his money to destroy Trump, but I really have no idea why he's running.

[Zolorp]

30. He was more like a punching bag.

[berksdem]

31. Ol' Bloom should be walking a little odd

this morning b/c he got his ass handed to him. He was downright terrible to the point it was embarrassing to watch.

He needs to go...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Whatever you think of Bloomberg's debate performance,

which most people seemed to think was pretty weak, he's still got tons of bucks to flood the airwaves and the Internet with advertising - and that reaches a lot more people than debates, which attract mostly politics nerds. I don't think Bloomberg can be counted out just yet.

[BusyBeingBest]

33. I actually voted for Bloomberg on my mail in ballot today.

I think it's absolutely nuts to spend so much time attacking him like he's the enemy. He's not. He's easily the most accomplished person on that debate stage. Imagine the brain wattage you would need to go from mechanical engineer, to Harvard MBA, to banker, to computer inventor, to media company to mayor of NYC--and succeed at all of it. For all the dumb things he's said over the years, he's done a tremendous amount of good--and most importantly, I LIKE HIS POLICY PLANS.