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RandySF

(59,234 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 02:02 AM Mar 2020

AP source: Bloomberg to reassess after disappointing results

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg will reassess on Wednesday whether he should stay in the race after getting disappointing results in Super Tuesday primaries despite spending more than a half billion dollars on his three-month campaign.

A person close to the Bloomberg campaign confirmed the deliberations. The person wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter by name and requested anonymity. Bloomberg flew back to New York after campaigning Tuesday in Florida, a state that votes March 17 and where he’s already spent millions.

Bloomberg, a billionaire businessman and former New York mayor, spent sums never before seen in political campaign history since entering the race in November. Millions of dollars went toward states like Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee — all three of which former Vice President Joe Biden won on Tuesday, riding a wave after his decisive victory in South Carolina. Sen. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, racked up victories in California, Colorado and other states.

Bloomberg’s poor showing was a rejection by voters of the central rationale of his campaign: He was the candidate best poised to take on Republican President Donald Trump. And it was proof that, in politics, money can’t solve every problem. Bloomberg, one of the world’s wealthiest men, has a $61 billion net worth that flows from the financial data and media company he founded in the 1980s, Bloomberg LP.



https://apnews.com/4b7a6e2de46b8d9594a55833f8061094

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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I'm confident he'll drop out Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #1
Bloomberg should endorse Joe, continue to attack trump beachbumbob Mar 2020 #2
 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
1. I'm confident he'll drop out
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 02:13 AM
Mar 2020

Bloomberg isn't going to force something.

I voted absentee for Bloomberg in Florida. There is no doubt in my mind he was easily our strongest general election candidate against Trump. But people like to pay attention to day to day stuff, for some silly reason.

The daily overreaction always helps me in sports wagering. I can't complain overall. But it is mind boggling how popular it is.

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

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
2. Bloomberg should endorse Joe, continue to attack trump
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 03:44 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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