Bloomberg nabs three new congressional endorsements

[RandySF]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Bloomberg picked up three new congressional endorsements on the heels of his rocky debate performance, underscoring his staying power in the Democratic primary race despite an onslaught of attacks from opponents.

Bloomberg has built extensive political ties to members of both parties on Capitol Hill after years of hefty political contributions to candidates and causes. In recent weeks those ties -- and his surprisingly strong support in a number of national polls — seem to be bearing fruit for him on Capitol Hill.

Democratic Reps. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Nita Lowey of New York and Pete Aguilar of California all endorsed Bloomberg Thursday, bringing his total number of congressional endorsements to 15, behind only Joe Biden, who has more than three times that amount.

All three have extensive political, and in some case personal ties, to the former New York mayor.

Bloomberg campaigned for Gottheimer in his district in 2018, and Gottheimer is also brother-in-law to Bloomberg’s campaign manager, Bradley Tusk. Lowey’s former chief of staff, Howard Wolfson, is a longtime Bloomberg aide and now serves as a top adviser to his campaign.




https://apnews.com/086087e47b2d26144c43bab63da5f8e1

[Squinch]

1. Heh!

[onetexan]

2. Yay! Good for him.

[njhoneybadger]

3. I thought he died last night.

[Iliyah]

4. The endorsements can be seen as a . . .

bounce or boost "post" debate.

The debate could be a blessing to him as well as Warren and Biden.

[jcgoldie]

5. They obviously have a soft spot for road kill

Buy some more commercials it will be ok, nobody can talk back to you in those.

[njhoneybadger]

6. Good one

[Tom Rinaldo]

7. Calling in chips?

When you have lots of money to freely spread around for years one can end up with a pile of IOU's.

From Bloomberg's perspective this would be a good time to call in any that he might have. From the perspective of anyone who saw no reason to announce a Bloomberg endorsement prior to last night's debate, I find the timing interesting that they now find it important to do so immediately after last night's terrible performance