Bloomberg: Democrats are looking for a 'middle of the road' strategy

[brooklynite]

Washington Post:

As he continues to mull a 2020 presidential bid, Michael R. Bloomberg, a former New York mayor and onetime Republican, said Monday that he thinks Democrats are looking for a “middle-of-the-road” strategy and want a president who would govern pragmatically.

During an appearance on ABC’s “The View,” Bloomberg offered nothing definite about whether he plans to run, saying he will think more seriously about it early in the new year. But his comments appeared to be an effort to distinguish himself from some of the more-liberal members of his party eyeing a presidential bid.

“I think most Democrats want a middle-of-the-road strategy,” Bloomberg said, after being asked whether he could navigate the Democratic nominating contests, which tend to draw the party’s more-liberal members. “They want to make progress, but they’re not willing to go and to push something that has no chance of ever getting done and wasting all their energy on that.”

Bloomberg ticked off several issues that he said demand immediate attention, including job creation, health care, education, immigration and gun control.

[Power 2 the People]

1. No Mike,we are not looking for Republican lite.

[pecosbob]

2. Supply-siders need not apply...run on that platform...see how far you get

Republicans are adrift with no shelter from the tsunami. Do not rescue Republicans you may see dislodged by the blue wave...let them sink. They are not welcome.

[SoCalDem]

3. Wrong, Mike

Middle of the road is a no-go..
Middle of the road is the CAUSE of most of our problems..

We allowed/encouraged Clinton to "make deals with the GOP", and in doing so, we turned off many democrats who were pissed off and pissed on..

GOP has had a "long-game" approach for decades while we have been on a short term strategy..It does NOT work..

Decisive action EARLY in the game ..as soon as we have a majority is the ONLY way to win long term..

GOP does this all the time. they have their plans already fleshed out ...just waiting for their time to come..and as soon as it does, they strike and strike hard..

We usually "play nice"...try to compromise with them and of course, then we lose a majority and we have nothing to show for the efforts..

Even healthcare was less than successful because we wasted so much time debating ourselves, instead of just going for broke with the public option,,

we lost the majority anyway, and we had not addressed voting fairness.. That should have been FIRST because that could have helped us win elections down the road..