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The left smells a rat in Bloomberg, Patrick bids [View all]
(Disclaimer: the article is co-written by this DU poster's daughter)
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/18/warren-sanders-establishment-plot-2020-071322
Progressives charge latecomer candidacies are an attempt to crush an ascendant left wing.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and DAVID SIDERS 11/18/2019 05:00 AM EST
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Democratic donors say they want Michael Bloomberg and Deval Patrick to run for president because they’re petrified that a left-wing candidate can’t defeat President Donald Trump.
But progressives see a more sinister effort afoot.
Aides and allies to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, among other liberals, perceive the eleventh-hour campaign launched last week by Patrick — and the prospect of an impending Bloomberg 2020 bid — as an attempt to crush an ascendant left wing that would expand government more than any other Democratic president in decades.
In their view, Patrick and Bloomberg are stalking horses for moderate Democrats, high-dollar contributors and bundlers desperate to halt the momentum of the economic populists at the top of the polls — and regain control of the party levers.
It’s no minor intra-party spat in an election where all wings of the Democratic Party will need to be working in concert to beat Trump.
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Progressives charge latecomer candidacies are an attempt to crush an ascendant left wing.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and DAVID SIDERS 11/18/2019 05:00 AM EST
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Democratic donors say they want Michael Bloomberg and Deval Patrick to run for president because they’re petrified that a left-wing candidate can’t defeat President Donald Trump.
But progressives see a more sinister effort afoot.
Aides and allies to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, among other liberals, perceive the eleventh-hour campaign launched last week by Patrick — and the prospect of an impending Bloomberg 2020 bid — as an attempt to crush an ascendant left wing that would expand government more than any other Democratic president in decades.
In their view, Patrick and Bloomberg are stalking horses for moderate Democrats, high-dollar contributors and bundlers desperate to halt the momentum of the economic populists at the top of the polls — and regain control of the party levers.
It’s no minor intra-party spat in an election where all wings of the Democratic Party will need to be working in concert to beat Trump.
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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