Actually use to work for the mayors office and can add some context and Tea...
1) Bernie was the celebrity speaker at Bill's final inauguration. They have a legit relationship, de Blasio was always going to endorse him unless there was a clear front runner ahead of him and knowing Bill he probably would still endorse Bernie.
2) Bill and his people KNOW everyone thinks he is an asshole. A lot of Bill's run was he was desperate. He should have gone after Cuomo or Schumer, but both of those moves honestly would have probably led to L's and made it hard to ever do anything else in NYC either.
3) Bill is in find a new job mode. Besides trying to get his wife the Brooklyn borough president gig (aka He endorses Adam and then Adam endorses Chirlane). The next move would be a secretary job for himself in Washington. Potentially education because he would have a history of success with Pre-K and 3k and while his push for community schools mostly failed, between them, charters, and everything else. Bill would be uniquely positioned to have both a plan, a record of success, and staff to do some interesting stuff nationally. Forget that most the heavy lifting on education in NYC was done by Deputy Mayor Buery. That's the plan. If Bernie gets elected I give the plan a good 75% chance of working too, because de Blasio really did help the schools.
Yeah, this guy shouldn't even be considered a legitimate candidate.
Yeah, this guy shouldn't even be considered a legitimate candidate.
The party would've went to war to shut him out of these primaries.Bloomberg should have primaried trump, all these stories would be positives for that base.
He is. But this does not seem to impact electability. This guy is good at calling attention to himself, and he is creating "battles" between himself and Trump. Its all a bunch of self-serving bullshit.This guy may personally be Trump levels of racist at this point.
Yeah, this guy shouldn't even be considered a legitimate candidate.
Oh it will impact electability. Bloomberg won't get the same treatment Trump does, the GOP and its surrogates would blast him for all of this and the media would run with it. We'd get a Summer of talking about how bigoted Bloomberg is. And it'd crush turnout.He is. But this does not seem to impact electability. This guy is good at calling attention to himself, and he is creating "battles" between himself and Trump. Its all a bunch of self-serving bullshit.
Jacob Solis on Twitter
“NEW: the Nevada Republican Party will unveil a “DNC Big Rig” outside of .@BernieSanders’ rally today in Las Vegas”twitter.com
so the NV GOP is... fucking stupid then
I mentioned some time ago that no one cares if you're a sexual harasser, as long as you are electable. Same applies to misogyny, racism, and probably any other -'ism' in existence. Bloomberg's current standing is living proof that we have a whole lot of trash in the democratic party. And if Bloomberg ever did win the nomination, expect that support to climb for the election.
Already said I'd vote for Gabbard if she got the nom. I'd do the same for Bloomberg, certainly wouldn't feel good about it as it'd be screwing myself over less and relying on the dem party to filter out his shitty impulses. Also doubt Bloomberg wins a general or even the nom, so...Tbh i am quite interested in how the people that despise Gabbard for, among other things, being endorsed by Richard Spencer will react to Michael Bloomberg also being virtually endorsed by him
Sounds about right
White House had 'to calm' Trump after he learned Justice Department wouldn't charge McCabe
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Tbh i am quite interested in how the people that despise Gabbard for, among other things, being endorsed by Richard Spencer will react to Michael Bloomberg also being virtually endorsed by him
Eh, fair enoughAlready said I'd vote for Gabbard if she got the nom. I'd do the same for Bloomberg, certainly wouldn't feel good about it as it'd be screwing myself over less and relying on the dem party to filter out his shitty impulses. Also doubt Bloomberg wins a general or even the nom, so...
Jacob Solis on Twitter
“NEW: the Nevada Republican Party will unveil a “DNC Big Rig” outside of .@BernieSanders’ rally today in Las Vegas”twitter.com
so the NV GOP is... fucking stupid then
Yeah, this guy shouldn't even be considered a legitimate candidate.
Fundamentally, if we were at a point where either one won the nom... I'm not generally a hopeful person, but I do have a faint hope that things will get better, that with some luck and legislation won through that luck the electorate could be massaged to do the right thing often enough for steady progress, but even that would be extinguished if the electorate were to choose to nominate Bloomberg. I do not have a high opinion of any group of voters as a whole, I do not have a high opinion of how much they inform themselves, I also think people are paying attention to politics more than they ever were with Trump in office.
it is quite literally this transparent why Bloomberg is getting so many endorsements
Alex Burns on Twitter
“@nkulish Top Dems say Bloomberg is already their most important donor. His campaign makes plain the financial incentive it is presenting for 2020. "If Mike Bloomberg is the nominee, he will ensure that the Democratic Party has the greatest funding in its history." https://t.co/kwJscQAT1b”twitter.com
Yeah I think I'm at this point myself.
I'm in California, and would write in/vote normally, but honestly it's becoming hard to fault anyone in any state doing the same. He sets a horrid precedent before you even get to his bigotry.Yeah I think I'm at this point myself.
Blue state privilege. I'mma exercise it. Write-in Forma or something.
Yeah, this guy shouldn't even be considered a legitimate candidate.
Yeah, I was ok with voting for Biden in the general even. But no, this guy is too damn much. He is our version of Trump. Fuck him.I'm in California, and would write in/vote normally, but honestly it's becoming hard to fault anyone in any state doing the same. He sets a horrid precedent before you even get to his bigotry.
Right there with you at this point.
As someone who works in Education in NYC, if De Blasio is going to end up as Bernie's Education Secretary I would vomit.
What exactly in your mind has he done for schools here?
I would have held my nose and voted Biden. I would have voted for any other front runner. But yep, Bloomberg is a smarter version of Trump undermining the election by buying his way up the polls. I ain't normalizing that shit.Yeah, I was ok with voting for Biden in the general even. But no, this guy is too damn much. He is our version of Trump. Fuck him.
Yeah, this guy shouldn't even be considered a legitimate candidate.
yup and not only that I'll now be checking up on D's down ballot and checking to see if they've gotten money from him, endorse him, etc and voting accordingly.