I did talk to some libs who were considering it before he made such a complete asshole out of himself at the debates. It was in that glorious period of time where Biden was corn poppin and Bernie's power level was the highest it was pre-nevada. They were looking for anything that wasn't Bernie that could stop Trump and they hadn't really been exposed to full Bloomberg yet.
Of course you're right though. He was never going to be nominated. He had to speak eventually.
I remain convinced that Bloomberg, as a member of the same echelon of technocratic/finance-capital billionaires who own and control the entire Democratic Party, is among the masterminds behind the anti-Bernie Voltron/"centrist blob" Super Tuesday pivot, has been throwing his weight around to influence the Biden campaign and to promote his worst tendencies, and is going to be one of the puppeteers dictating the Biden cabinet's policy priorities. This would also explain Warren's consistent exclusion/marginalization despite her desperate attempts to demonstrate her loyalty to the party by shanking Bernie at every possible opportunity.
He was the Third Way dream candidate, and if Sanders hadn't locked down IA/NH early there's a very good chance a Bloomberg money bomb and a Hillary endorsement could have pushed him to the head of the pack.
I know plenty of people in Texas, at least, who had him on their short list simply because "Hey, New York is pretty liberal and I like what his $8B in commercial spots are saying".
bloomberg was never going to get nominated anyway.
I did talk to some libs who were considering it before he made such a complete asshole out of himself at the debates. It was in that glorious period of time where Biden was corn poppin and Bernie's power level was the highest it was pre-nevada. They were looking for anything that wasn't Bernie that could stop Trump and they hadn't really been exposed to full Bloomberg yet.
Of course you're right though. He was never going to be nominated. He had to speak eventually.
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I remain convinced that Bloomberg, as a member of the same echelon of technocratic/finance-capital billionaires who own and control the entire Democratic Party, is among the masterminds behind the anti-Bernie Voltron/"centrist blob" Super Tuesday pivot, has been throwing his weight around to influence the Biden campaign and to promote his worst tendencies, and is going to be one of the puppeteers dictating the Biden cabinet's policy priorities. This would also explain Warren's consistent exclusion/marginalization despite her desperate attempts to demonstrate her loyalty to the party by shanking Bernie at every possible opportunity.
He was the Third Way dream candidate, and if Sanders hadn't locked down IA/NH early there's a very good chance a Bloomberg money bomb and a Hillary endorsement could have pushed him to the head of the pack.
I know plenty of people in Texas, at least, who had him on their short list simply because "Hey, New York is pretty liberal and I like what his $8B in commercial spots are saying".