# Former NYC mayor Bloomberg to run as a Dem for president in 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 13, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295 "2018-09-13T20:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/61 "2019-11-08T02:16:06Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > There’s nothing wrong with Bloomberg running as a Democrat. I have no problem with that. If he was running third party, that would be awful, but as a Democrat it’s absolutely fine. I agree. As long as he fades into the woodwork and supports the eventual Democratic candidate, I think he could help rein back from the the more radical ideas out there. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/62 "2019-11-08T02:19:56Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > We? Are you under the impression that all Democrats think exactly like you? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/63 "2019-11-08T04:08:25Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Bernie Sanders is not as bad on guns as some of the others. If only someone had said that last year, immediately after. Though, I seem to remember fact checking myself and seeing Sanders didn’t generally get a good bgh grade from the NRA. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/64 "2019-11-08T04:43:02Z")
I guess the Dems needed a super wealthy guy with terrible ideas to outdo the other team. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/65 "2019-11-08T04:56:28Z")
eta: that “bgh” is accidental meaningless letters. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/66 "2019-11-08T05:11:54Z")
I guess we might finally get to see what happens when a self-promoting, egomaniacal asshole billionaire from New York City gets into the White House :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/67 "2019-11-08T05:56:36Z")
How bad could it be? ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/68 "2019-11-08T07:33:23Z")
He Made It There, He Can Make It Anywhere! **Bloomberg 2020** ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/69 "2019-11-08T12:36:14Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > You may be right, but the votes they would lose by pushing gun control will be in swing states and the votes they lose by not pushing gun control will be in blue states. > > We don’t need to win California by 5 million votes again only to lose the rest of the country by 2 million votes. I agree. The Dem candidate should be an absolute gun nut. Goes hunting every weekend. I’m pro-gun control, but I’m confident that better gun laws can happen despite the President’s preferences/leisure activities. Much more important now is securing those 100,000 non-Trump votes of people living near the Great Lakes. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/70 "2019-11-08T12:37:14Z")
> [@Unreconstructed\_Man](#): > > I guess we might finally get to see what happens when a self-promoting, egomaniacal asshole billionaire from New York City gets into the White House :rolleyes: Heh. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/71 "2019-11-08T12:53:52Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s high time we had a billionaire businessman from NYC as president! It’s a novel idea, and I think it would do the country good. Hey, what ever happened to this guy? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/72 "2019-11-08T13:23:45Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I mean her recent plan announcements just scared the shit out of upper middle class I’m definitely upper middle class - can you remind me of what plans of hers were supposed to scare me? I seem to have missed the memo. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/73 "2019-11-08T13:24:55Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I guess the Dems needed a super wealthy guy with terrible ideas to outdo the other team. We already had Steyer, now we’ve got two of them! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/74 "2019-11-08T15:43:43Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Are you under the impression that all Democrats think exactly like you? I’m not using ‘we’ now am I? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/75 "2019-11-08T17:03:25Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’m definitely upper middle class - can you remind me of what plans of hers were supposed to scare me? I seem to have missed the memo. I’m sorry if I implied that your cohort is a hive mind. If nothing has scared you then nothing has scared you. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/76 "2019-11-08T17:05:59Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I’m sorry if I implied that your cohort is a hive mind. If nothing has scared you then nothing has scared you. Obviously the phrase ‘supposed to’ eluded your comprehension. Can’t say I’m exactly surprised. I kinda figured you had nothing. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/77 "2019-11-08T17:09:44Z")
Yeah, you win the internet again. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/78 "2019-11-08T17:14:18Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Yeah, you win the internet again. Thanks! I’ve noticed on previous occasions that this is what you say when you have nothing to say. I acknowledge your concession. 🙂 ETA: So basically, there weren’t any Warren plans that scared the upper middle class at all. Which is what I figured. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/79 "2019-11-08T17:24:05Z")
It mainly indicates I remembered how tiring discussions with you are. You know what I’m talking about but we have to go through a bunch disingenuous rhetorical questions. Here, a totally not freaked out upper middle class doper: > [@Elizabeth Warren 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-2020/838800/457): > > Warren’s going all in on this plan is IMHO a \*horrible \*idea and demonstrates horrible judgement. I’ve never thought that she would be the best president of the bunch but I _had_ managed to convince myself that she was possibly more electable than Biden as Biden has disappointed so far during this campaign. That’s regrettably now past tense. > > I am left with hoping that Biden either gets his shit together or falls so dramatically that he drops out leaving space for maybe Klobuchar to pop out of the lower tier … the former is of course more likely. > > Sigh. Eta: I know this isn’t extensive polling data. I am merely making a gut feeling prediction. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/80 "2019-11-08T22:25:57Z")
Buahahahahahahaha!!! Yeah, “her recent plan announcements just scared the shit out of upper middle class” = one Doper. “I know this isn’t extensive polling data. I am merely making a gut feeling prediction” - maybe try using the future tense for predictions, rather than the past tense? I mean, it should be easy to ‘predict’ the past, but you couldn’t even manage that. > [@](#): > > You know what I’m talking about but we have to go through a bunch disingenuous rhetorical questions. You made an assertion, and I asked what it was based on. When you’re incapable of responding, then of course you will find discussions with me to be tiring. Such is life. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295.md?page=5)