Mike Bloomberg

[HONDO74]

Mike Bloomberg was a republican when he was mayor of NY city. Was he an independent after that ? and now he is running as a democrat for the president nomination.

With the billions of dollars that he has how come he doesn't challenge Trump directly by running directly against him in the republican primaries.?

If he doesn't get the democrat nomination, would he run as an independent in the election. He has the money to do it.

What would happen if he would get the democrat nomination and Sanders decides to run as a independent. This would be the last chance that Sanders has to try.

[chuck]

Bloomberg was a Democrat who switched affiliation to run as a Republican for Mayor of New York. He left the Republican party two years into his second term and ran as an independent for his third term.

[HONDO74]

See now this is how you do it.

Mike Bloomberg campaign pays influencers for memes
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51493403

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is paying social media influencers to back him in the hope of reaching younger voters.

His campaign has commissioned some of the internet's top-viral creators to generate content about him that has reached tens of millions of followers.

The former New York Mayor's campaign director said its meme strategy was new to presidential politics.

He has already spent more than $300m in his bid to win the White House.

Mr Bloomberg, a former Republican, is one of eight remaining contenders vying to become the Democratic presidential candidate who will challenge President Donald Trump in November's election.

[HONDO74]

Bloomberg was a Democrat who switched affiliation to run as a Republican for Mayor of New York. He left the Republican party two years into his second term and ran as an independent for his third term.

So if you switch party's is that how you get a 3rd term. Or does NYC not have term limits for mayor ??

[chuck]

No, you get the relatively new term limits law changed. He was a life long Democrat and switched parties for his first and second terms. Switched to independent midway through second term.

He is a self made billionaire, one of the richest men in the US. Net worth 60+ billion dollars. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from John's Hopkins and an MBA from Harvard.

[robert.]

Rizzo tried it in Philadelphia .He tried to change philly's charter of. No more then 2 terms consecutively. It was a special question on the ballots. People voted 2 to 1. against it. He later switched his party and tried to run for a third term. I think he passed away before the election. Rizzo had a partial term before his 8 year run. Who ever the mayor was at the time retired. He told the people " Rizzo is the mayor now!" When people questioned the out going mayor if it was legal. He said " I don't care I"m retiring".

I looked it up James Tate retired and named Rizzo "De facto" mayor

[E7]

I don't think this guy really wants to be President....he wants to be King. The willingness to change parties to get where he wants to go tells me he is in the Git'R done (by whatever means) party. No Thanks!

[chuck]

Bernie Sanders isn't a Democrat but is trying to run on the Democratic ticket. Rudy Guilianni was a Democrat and switched. Connelly was a Democrat and switched parties. Ronald Regan had been a Democrat back in his Hollywood days.

I am trying to remember if Bloomberg's decision to switch parties for his first run as mayor had more to do with a crowded field in the primaries rather than some deep philosophical differences.

[HONDO74]

This should be interesting to see how this plays out. From WAPO. Jeff Bezos anti Trump newspaper.

Mike Bloomberg for years has battled women’s allegations of profane, sexist comments
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... erg-women/

Will have to see if he survives the #metoo brigade.

You have to read the whole article. Way to much to post it.

[Mitch]

He has to answer about his racism, too. He's blown $375 million in the past 3 weeks, but I don't think he'll sit well with middle America. There's still a lot of time. And do ya think Hitlary would even entertain the idea of running as VP? I think the ego is entirely to big, but if she did, and they won, she'd probably be President within a year. Over the years, there's been a lot of speculation about how some folks disappear when involved with the Clintons.

[v8vega]

His TV ads are constant here, for nothing I hope.

[HONDO74]

His TV ads are constant here, for nothing I hope.

I can't watch a YouTube video without seeing a Bloomberg ad.....

Bloomberg tied for lead with Sanders in crucial Super Tuesday state of Virginia: poll
Sen. Bernie Sanders and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg are tied for the lead in Virginia, according to a new poll in one of the larger states to hold a primary on Super Tuesday in two weeks.

Sanders – the populist senator from Vermont who’s making his second straight White House run – stands at 22 percent support among likely Democratic presidential primary voters in Virginia’s March 3 primary, according to a Monmouth University survey released Tuesday morning. So does Bloomberg, the billionaire Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat who announced his presidential bid less than three months ago.

Former Vice President Joe Biden stands at 18 percent in the poll, just 4 percentage points behind Sanders and Bloomberg. Their slight edge over the former vice president is within the survey’s sampling error.

According to the poll, former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg registers at 11 percent, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota at 9 percent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at 5 percent, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii at just 1 percent and billionaire environmental and progressive advocate Tom Steyer at less than 1 percent.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Considering Mr. Bloomberg's age, personal wealth, and foci, I wouldn't expect him to be interested in being President for any grubby or pedestrian reason. I would expect him to be focused upon being recorded in history as having done the most good and being as effective about it as possible. His experience with and in corporate America might, also, have equipped him to be quickly adept at navigating the waters of Washington DC's realities. He has not struck me as a person who is easy to fool, easily distracted by egotism, nor given to being adored (like a certain person. presently.)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Considering Mr. Bloomberg's age, personal wealth, and foci, I wouldn't expect him to be interested in being President for any grubby or pedestrian reason. I would expect him to be focused upon being recorded in history as having done the most good and being as effective about it as possible. His experience with and in corporate America might, also, have equipped him to be quickly adept at navigating the waters of Washington DC's realities. He has not struck me as a person who is easy to fool, easily distracted by egotism, nor given to being adored (like a certain person. presently.)

He's also got a real track record of doing something, of actually accomplishing something successfully as opposed to almost everyone else running.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Considering Mr. Bloomberg's age, personal wealth, and foci, I wouldn't expect him to be interested in being President for any grubby or pedestrian reason. I would expect him to be focused upon being recorded in history as having done the most good and being as effective about it as possible. His experience with and in corporate America might, also, have equipped him to be quickly adept at navigating the waters of Washington DC's realities. He has not struck me as a person who is easy to fool, easily distracted by egotism, nor given to being adored (like a certain person. presently.)

,also got a real track record of doing something, of actually accomplishing something successfully as opposed to almost everyone else running.

You just agreed with me! I, somehow, feel anointed. AND I agree with you!