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2020-02-17 Home Front: Politix
National Review: There's Zero Chance Bloomberg Would Pick the Hildebeest
[National Review] Her long history of scandals and voters’ doubts about her trustworthiness would make her a risky running mate.

There’s no better evidence that Mike Bloomberg’s chances of getting the Democratic nomination are on the rise than the fact that the opportunistic Hillary Clinton is already trying to grab a piece of the action.

The Drudge Report startled the political world on Saturday by noting that "sources close to Bloomberg campaign" are "considering Hillary as running mate, after their polling found the Bloomberg-Clinton combination would be a formidable force."

I have no doubt that Hillary wants back in, and her minions are pushing such rumors. I have no doubt that some of Bloomberg’s hundreds of staffers used to work on Hillary’s campaign and are pushing the idea internally. I also have no doubt that Mike Bloomberg is smart enough to never go for such a crazy and risky idea.

First, Mike Bloomberg needs "woke" progressives behind him and enthused enough to actually voted if he is to win a general election campaign. The last thing he should do is infuriate Bernie Sanders voters by sharing his ticket with the woman they blame for "rigging" the 2016 primaries against him. Recall that 12 percent of Sanders’s primary supporters voted for President Trump in the 2016 general election. That is according to the Cooperative Congressional Election Study ‐ a massive election survey of around 50,000 people.

Second, the Democratic ticket would be on the old side with a Bloomberg-Clinton ticket. The former New York mayor will be 78 years old at the time of the election this year, and he looks it. Hillary will be 73 years old, and she has a record of not being candid with her health issues. Should something happen to both of them, the next person in line for the presidency, should she remain House speaker, would be 80-year-old Nancy Pelosi.

While they would be running against a 74-year-old incumbent president, few would question that Trump projects a vigorous persona. The Democratic Party needs an injection of youth and vitality, not a ticket with two people who barely brush the Baby Boom generation.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-17 07:11|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 He's saying this like Bloomberg will have a choice. The Democrats are corrupt. The nomination will be rigged just like it was last time.

But it is extremely unwise to put yourself in a position where a Clinton can gain by you dying.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-02-17 07:25||   2020-02-17 07:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Mini Mike + Big Mike.
Slogan: Me Like Mikes!
Posted by Lex 2020-02-17 10:15||   2020-02-17 10:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Well with the #METoo issue facing Bloomberg she would either see a race with him like the good old days at Epstein Island or a chance to get some RedNeck votes.
Posted by 3dc 2020-02-17 11:38||   2020-02-17 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 A billionaire sex abuser / chauvinist pig leading the Democratic Party?

Riiiiiight.

This has become totally surreal.
We're Through the Looking-Glass.
Posted by Lex 2020-02-17 11:43||   2020-02-17 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 You just can't make this [stuff] up!
Posted by DooDahMan 2020-02-17 12:36||   2020-02-17 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Notional Review is of course rooting for mini Mike. His condescending remarks about farmers and blue collar workers probably gave Kevin Williamson a spontaneous orgasm.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-02-17 12:42||   2020-02-17 12:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Why would anyone pick Hillary for VP? That's like painting the target on your own back.
Posted by Iblis 2020-02-17 14:10||   2020-02-17 14:10|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ for Mini the logic's clear: she's the only potential running mate who isn't taller than him.
Posted by Lex 2020-02-17 14:16||   2020-02-17 14:16|| Front Page Top

#9 Stopped reading them after they fired Derbyshire.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-17 15:17||   2020-02-17 15:17|| Front Page Top

#10 In all fairness, nobody else picker her either.
Posted by Cesare 2020-02-17 16:23||   2020-02-17 16:23|| Front Page Top

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