2016 Postmortem
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...with the caveat of either a Trump or Cruz nom on the republistupid side or a Sanders nomination on our side.
Said to be frustrated with the current situation and would mount a third-party challenge in the event tRump is the nominee for the rethugs or if Bernie is the nominee on the Dem side.
Developing story, looking for a link. Just heard on MSNBC.
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/michael-bloomberg-president-2016/
Sorry if this has already been posted. Just saw it on MSNBC as if it were a new story.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Isn't that precious?
Good luck with that!
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE <------- THE CANDIDATE OF THE 99%.
Renew Deal
(81,851 posts)Unless something changed
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)I'll change my post then.
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE
Reter
(2,188 posts)That's an awful An awful lot of money to campaign on.
farleftlib
(2,125 posts)What a day they picked to put up that test balloon. The blizzard of '16 isn't just weather-related.
brentspeak
(18,290 posts)The last thing oligarchs like Bloomberg want is a Sanders presidency.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)...know his message is resonating and that he'll have the support he needs to work his program if he becomes president.
I think it's also in indication the the 1% feel Bernie is going to defeat Hillary. And I like them thinking that. It makes them do things that makes people want to back Bernie.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)is not going to stop this people powered train
sanders v trump 2016
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)However the 1 percent will accept republican or dem as long as the status quo remains the same. With hillary, bloomberg, any republican, it will.
LettuceSea
(337 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,057 posts)not only would that take away votes from the democratic candidate, but the winner of the GE would not win by a majority (51%), but rather by a plurality (34%), allowing a majority of a minority vote to decide the election. And remember that less than 100 percent of registered voters even vote, so we're talking about a president elected with less than one-third of the American public's support.
Bloomberg, IMO, is running as a spoiler. If I'm wrong and he isn't, then he's jumping into the marathon halfway through and is exploiting his opportunity to either win or prevent someone from winning.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)They are terrified of him - a Sanders presidency by and for the 99% would upset the 1% applecart, of which Clinton, Trump and Bloomberg are all card-holding members.