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Peacetrain

(22,874 posts)
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:58 AM Feb 2020

One of the big ifs people will discuss for years to come.. The Bloomberg effect

What if Bloomberg threw all that money he spent on himself to be President.. on the down ballot candidates and state houses.

He would have been hailed as the Savior of the Democratic Party.

Now he will always be known as the spoiler.. not matter what the eventual outcome is.

He just wanted to best Trump, like Trumps whole reason to exist is to try to best Obama

People with lots of grudges and too much money.



If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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One of the big ifs people will discuss for years to come.. The Bloomberg effect (Original Post) Peacetrain Feb 2020 OP
Steyer too. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2020 #1
I thought Bloomberg was riding in like a man on a white horse. rzemanfl Feb 2020 #2
I believe we're still a long way from knowing the Bloomberg effect. We don't know what he'll highplainsdem Feb 2020 #3
I am hoping for better angels.. Peacetrain Feb 2020 #4
 

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)
1. Steyer too.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 11:03 AM
Feb 2020

All that money could have been used to build and support the Democratic party in ways that it disadvantaged compared to the republicon machine.

Starting with media. The right has all of the megaphones. One or both of them could have bought and bankrolled Clear Channel, purged the RW bullshit and provided a readily available source of actual information to the public.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)
2. I thought Bloomberg was riding in like a man on a white horse.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 11:03 AM
Feb 2020

Seems all I saw was the back end of it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

highplainsdem

(48,959 posts)
3. I believe we're still a long way from knowing the Bloomberg effect. We don't know what he'll
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 11:05 AM
Feb 2020

do in the future or how much he'll spend, in what ways.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Peacetrain

(22,874 posts)
4. I am hoping for better angels..
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 11:26 AM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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