I think the rise of Bloomberg shows with no doubt that the

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66. Too many people see plans and policies as boring--they want to be entertained.

Hillary had enough policies for ten candidates, yet Trump won on a few simple phrases like MAGA, build the wall, and only he could change the country back to the one white people wanted. If Trump had actual policies, I don‘t remember them. Rather, he used 5th grade name calling to belittle people, and used his rallies to rail against Democrats and liberals. His supporters at least thought he was entertaining. I personally thought at the time, and still do, that he is a gross lying piece of crud. But he won with essentially no policies. Bloomberg is making promises about healthcare without going into great detail about the what and when. He is also punching Trump in the gut, just where it hurts his pitiful snowflake ego.

I was just listening to an NPR segment on voting, and the guest (I didn’t get a name) was saying that many people think that politics is boring and they just don’t get interested enough to bother voting. He gave an example of the Massachusetts election of Scott Brown. Even though it was important for Democrats to hold onto the 60-seat count in the Senate, Democrats who had come out to vote for Obama just stayed home, allowing a Republican to take this seat in blue Massachusetts. His point was that people get energized to vote when a rock star candidate is on the ballot. Who is our rock star?