Politics Bloomberg drops out.

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  1. barfo

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    And, he promised his Very Large Staff (TM) employment through November.

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    I think it was hard to predict Biden's resurrection.

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    JOE.....come forth!
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I think I was more open to Bloomberg than you, but of the 'Final Four', Warren was the only one who ranked top-tier for me.

    Pete, Warren, Kamala, Castro, Amy, Booker, Beto >>
    Biden, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Bennet, Patrick, Bullock, Gillibrand, Swalwell >>
    Bernie, Bloomberg, Yang, Tulsi, Steyer, Delaney, de Blasio, Gravel, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Sestak, Williamson

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  5. yankeesince59

    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    As of now, he hasn't had to.

    And there has been quite a spike in contributions.
     
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    He's got the DNC, CNN & MSNBC raising money for him too.
     
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    lol? Are you saying you have seen his taxes? :biglaugh:
     
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    Interesting that you ranked Sanders so low, in the Gabbard/Delaney/etc category.

    My rankings probably would have been

    Harris, Warren > Sanders, Buttigieg, Booker, O'Rourke > Biden, Klobuchar, Castro, Gillibrand > Yang > nearly everyone else >>> Bloomberg, Gabbard
     
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    Well, I considered making a 4th category, for people who should have been somehow barred from running at all. Sanders would have escaped that category.
    I'm ready to embrace Bernie, give him hugs and kisses if he wins out, but I'm not a fan.

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    I might be the only one but the only one running under the "Democrat" label that I found appealing was Yang... He seemed fairly progressive, wasn't old, seemed to understand current problems. I thought he was sort of gimmicky with the everyone gets 1000$ and "Math" like he's the only one who has done math, but I found him interesting.
     
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    Interesting, yes, but also utterly unqualified. Give him a real job in the next administration, and if he does well at it, I'd take him more seriously next time.

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    Fair enough, but he's just as qualified as what we've got...
     
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    Yes, but I'd like to undo the mistakes of 2016, not just replace one with another.

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    Doesn't surprise me
     
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    Super PACs.
     
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    The issue with Trump has never ever been his experience. He’s got like a million problems before we get to that one...
     
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    Super PACs was my guess too, but I dunno.
     
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    (-) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$=Bloomberg
     
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    Maybe he should try being a mayor of a small town.
     
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    Yes, that would be good. Any government experience at all would be helpful. Yang is smart enough to understand what needs to be done, but whether he has the temperament for the painful slow process of compromising with idiots that is the essence of government - that remains to be seen.

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