The Dem presidential candidates tore into each other during the Las Vegas debate and it appears Warren came out on top, while Billionaire Bloomberg was the overall loser. For all of that money, he failed to adequately prepare. Dems and the MSM agreed it was a poor showing on Bloomberg’s part, but Bloomberg had a different take on the debate results. He claims Warren was not the winner, Trump was.
“Look, the real winner of the debate last night was Donald Trump,” the former New York City mayor told a room full of supporters in Salt Lake City, Utah. “Because I worry that we may be on the way to nominating someone who cannot win in November.”
Bloomberg added, “If we choose a candidate who appeals to a small base like Sen. [Bernie] Sanders, it will be a fatal error.”
In his remarks, Bloomberg also emphasized that Sanders cannot appeal to moderate Republicans and independent voters.
“We need Democrats and independents and Republicans to win,” he said. “And that was the coalition that propelled Democrats to success in the midterms and it is the coalition that we need to win in November.”
And the polls seem to be mixed when it comes to whether Sanders could actually win.
“It is true the Sanders was leading in the poll, conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC — but only among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents when asked who they supported for the Democratic nomination. He had 27% support compared to Mike Bloomberg, Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, each with 14% support. And in a hypothetical matchup, he was narrowly ahead of President Donald Trump.
But two-thirds of all voters — Democrats plus everyone else —
said they would be uncomfortable with a socialist President.
Come November, it will be all Americans over the age of 18 who elect the Electoral College that picks the President.
Those results and the questions they raise about whether the country would accept a socialist are repeated in an
NPR / PBS News Hour Marist poll.
In that poll, Sanders had even more support — 31% in the Democratic primary compared to Michael Bloomberg, in second place with 19%.
Take a look at the party breakdown regarding socialism. Fifty percent of Democrats have a favorable view of socialism compared to 46% who have a favorable view of capitalism.
But again, socialism is far less favorable than capitalism in the country as a whole. In the NPR poll, among Americans overall, just 28% had a favorable view of socialism compared to 57% who had a favorable view of capitalism.
Among Republicans, 76% held a favorable view of capitalism compared to 7% who felt favorably about socialism.
And, among independents — who may or may not decide the next presidential election — it was 23% who had a favorable view of socialism compared to 59% who had a favorable view of capitalism.”
Bloomberg is clearly upset about his performance and how he was torn down by his opponents. His response here was partially claiming that he feels he is the only chance Dems have. But aside from his self-promotion, he does have a point, as polls show socialism is not widely accepted. So it is unclear if Sanders would really give Dems the best chance against Trump. But regardless of how Dems perform Trump has given us a great economy and is a sitting president, so the Dems don’t stand much of a chance.
Wasn’t you either Bloomers ! Not unless you are as delusional as you sound . 😂