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stopbush

(24,632 posts)
24. That's silly.
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 05:35 PM
Feb 2020

Besides, Bloomberg will be a safe vote for millions of Rs and Is who voted for tRump in 2016 but want a moderate alternative for 2020. Those voters will never vote for Sanders. Maybe Warren, but not Sanders.

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

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Can't argue with you there. ArtTownsend Feb 2020 #1
Currently at 12:1 for President at the (UK) Odds checker here: Ghost Dog Feb 2020 #26
Yep. No argument. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #46
FWIW, I like that he goes straight after Trump TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #2
TheCowsCameHome - I COMPLETELY agree with you.... Upthevibe Feb 2020 #55
Makes sense. Biden's distant fourth opens up the centrist lane. DanTex Feb 2020 #3
I Don't Think Biden's Finish Means What You Think It Means. DarthDem Feb 2020 #10
Bernie's anemic showing in a state he was favored to walk away with LanternWaste Feb 2020 #56
Yep, his winning move was to not play the strange game of the Iowa Caucus. Zolorp Feb 2020 #4
Just be the devils advocate with this question bdamomma Feb 2020 #5
No. He's too rich and personally successful to pull a Jill Stein. stopbush Feb 2020 #7
Just saying bdamomma Feb 2020 #11
I think that is the situation. Nt Ghost Dog Feb 2020 #27
Bloomberg is not a tool of the DNC I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #32
He supports R's with that cash of his too. Autumn Feb 2020 #13
And Sanders only puts a D next to his name when he's running for POTUS. stopbush Feb 2020 #15
I responded to your praise of Bloom spending money on Dems with a simple fact you left out Autumn Feb 2020 #17
You might as well vote for Mitt Romney TheRealNorth Feb 2020 #21
As a supporter of Bernie I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #33
As a dDemocrat I know I won't support anyone in a primary who donates to Republicans Autumn Feb 2020 #34
No. His track record supporting democrats in 2016 and onward Blue_true Feb 2020 #42
Iowa has already become irrelevant. democratisphere Feb 2020 #6
NV just dropped that app. stopbush Feb 2020 #8
That was fast! democratisphere Feb 2020 #9
And what's the next step for Bloom in the GE? Autumn Feb 2020 #12
Winning delegates. stopbush Feb 2020 #16
You actually think Bloom could win the GE? Autumn Feb 2020 #19
Yes. stopbush Feb 2020 #20
Bloomberg will drive away too many Sanders and Warren voters TheRealNorth Feb 2020 #23
That's silly. stopbush Feb 2020 #24
You think Democrats will vote for Trump I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #35
Yes, very much so if he gets there. Blue_true Feb 2020 #43
Bloomberg is a REAL billionaire. He's of Russian ancestry and Jewish. underthematrix Feb 2020 #14
Bloomberg seems like the best person to put up a fight--a dirty fight--against Trump renate Feb 2020 #25
so another bdamomma Feb 2020 #30
He can defeat Trump, that is all I need I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #37
Except for Mayor Pete, all the remaining candidates have money. stopbush Feb 2020 #39
Our BEST interest is to win. underthematrix Feb 2020 #40
Our best interest at this point is getting rid of Trump. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #52
+ 1000 N/T I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #36
+1,000,000%. nt Blue_true Feb 2020 #44
Could be! People are going to be very frustrated with the premature gloating MineralMan Feb 2020 #18
His rise may be matched with a lot of voters checking out. redqueen Feb 2020 #22
so we have to vote bdamomma Feb 2020 #31
Are you for or against Trump, that is what this election is about I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #38
Have you seen this? redqueen Feb 2020 #45
Yes, That is why we need Bloomberg I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #48
A billionaire owner of a major media outlet with a history of 'attacking freedom'. redqueen Feb 2020 #49
Plouffe on MSNBC saying otherwise, saying Bloomberg would have preferred Sanders to do better highplainsdem Feb 2020 #28
Plouffe on MSNBC saying otherwise, saying Bloomberg would have preferred Sanders to do better highplainsdem Feb 2020 #29
I think that when we hit more ethnically diverse states BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #53
So far he has run a very strategic campaign. Blue_true Feb 2020 #41
I can't imagine getting twice as many of his ads gollygee Feb 2020 #47
His ads turn me off Generic Brad Feb 2020 #50
I'm going to go with Pete as the big winner. Kudos to Pete comradebillyboy Feb 2020 #51
All i can say is whomever bamagal62 Feb 2020 #54
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