Who has a better chance of unifying the Democratic base? Bloomberg or Sanders?
Bloomberg is as interested in making sure Bernie doesn't get the nomination as he is in defeating Trump. But a bigger outcome of his efforts may be to undermine the Democratic Party.
To me it is clear as I said in my last post (AFT Endorses 3, I Predicted Bloomberg Brokered Convention Strategy) that Bloomberg entered the race banking on a brokered convention, which would fracture the party. If he hadn't entered the race and merely put his money behind one candidate who could challenge Bernie he could have had moved the needle down to a two person race.
But his ego wouldn't allow that and thus he has weakened the middle candidates - Biden, Pete, Klobuchar - probably fatally - thus leaving him to hope he is the last man standing. But his performance in the debate has really exposed him. However, if Biden shows a glimmer, he's still in the game. If Pete finishes a strong second to Bernie so is he.
Ironically, Bloomberg seems to have boosted Warren back into the discussion and the powers that be may settle on her as the alt to Bernie instead of Bloomberg. But she is hemorrhaging money and will barely cling on until super Tuesday.
Bloomberg and his class are so threatened by Bernie - and were by Warren but since she turned toward the center maybe not so much now since they feel she can be influenced. So fundamentally Bloomberg and even some others in the party may be willing to engage in open warfare even if Trump wins to keep the left from gaining control of the party like Trump did to the Republicans.
Bloomberg couldn't care less about defeating Hair Furor: he just wants to block Sanders and take over the apparatus of the D's.
ReplyDeleteThe puppet masters decide who gets elected. Bernie is now a Russian prop according to the MSM. The people need to understand who the puppet masters are.
ReplyDeleteWhen your government tells you who the enemy is you have a war.
When the people tell you who the enemy is you have a revolution.
Hint: Most of the working class have figured it out.
The working class of America (Trump and Bernie voters) are angry at the corporate neoliberal club. The story now becomes how do the establishment derail Bernie sanders.
ReplyDeleteA bit off story here but had to post about bloomberg and the debate the other night. I always said while he was here as mayor that bloomberg was a guy with one great idea in life that made him rich but I always felt bloomberg was really a guy who was clueless about most issues especially in education.
ReplyDeleteToday I sit and suffer as an atr simply because of jerk bloomberg who single handily destroyed the livelihoods of great hard working educators because he thought he knew better. So many of my colleagues whether its the science teacher with 20 plus years experience or the english teacher with 25 years experience to the social workers and guidance counselors with ample experience reduced because of bloomberg and his time here as mayor in control of our schools.... in reality the kids are the ones suffering as well.
Watching this guy the other night confirmed my conviction that bloomberg is one total jerk and he sounded like a little girl spewing and babbling just like he did with our schools...creepy bastard needs a dose of reality