Bloomberg's 50-state strategy

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Anyone not think that the Bloomberg campaign has not done the calculus on Sander's supporters staying home if the former is nominated? Anyone not think that the machine he is putting together does not include a massive voter registration outreach in every state to offset the latter and the shitbag's finite numbers and a plan to get them to the polls?

He and his leadership team are smart motherfuckers and, yes, they've done the math.

[jimfields33]

1. Then why is Bloomberg's campaign worried

I’d like him to drop out myself. Buying an election and getting support for it from liberals is stunning. I can’t wrap my head around it.

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3. Worried about what?

I spent Sunday phone banking and every contact across the demographic array was positive.

So, again, worried about what?

[jimfields33]

7. His campaign manager just said 10 minutes ago

That he was worried about winning the election because sanders people will sit home. You’ll have to ask him why he feels that way.

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12. He's just stating the obvious

Yes, I read that, my post was a response to the statement. The Bloomberg campaign is not going to throw up its hands in the air and quit but probably has a strategy to offset the detestable sore losers if he is the nominee (incidentally, I will vote for Sanders if he secures the nomination).

I may have inadvertently coined the equivalent of Deplorables, Detestables.

[jimfields33]

24. Ha! I will have 50 shots and go press the lever for Bloomberg

He’s everything that our principles are against but to beat trump I guess we can just put principles aside. We as a party never had to do that before.

[Demsrule86]

13. Link... he wasn't the manager but Ratner I think who manages some of Mike's money...you got a

different link ? Also, I imagine he is now a former employee.

[jimfields33]

25. Yeah ratner that's his name

Hard to keep up when his campaign is commercials.

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27. Effective though

I haven't seen an ad for any other candidate in my home state, Florida, the swingiest of swing states.

[jimfields33]

29. I'm Florida too

I see Styer from time to time. Are we going to cancel out each other’s vote?

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31. 90% of the respondents

I contacted on Sunday had one issue and one alone, get rid of the corpulent pile of pus. All of them had seen at least one ad, all of them took the time to fill out their information on the Bloomberg website, all of them wanted a yard sign and all of them wanted to talk even after I said I would be brief.

No, I don't think there will be a cancellation effect.

[jimfields33]

33. I'm voting Bernie

Why? He deserves it. He’s worked so hard and didn’t just ignore states and not campaign and see people. I am hoping our party does not go down this path.

[Demsrule86]

32. He is a money manager...I would say ex now as he is a regular on MSNBC and probably has to

leave to keep that position...not with the campaign. He said it I believe on Morning Joe this morning.

[IronLionZion]

6. These days it's as American as apple pie

[jimfields33]

10. Unfortunately true.

[Mike 03]

2. The Bloomberg people called my mother two Sundays ago and asked her if she

wanted a yard sign.

We live out in the middle of nowhere, almost 100 miles from the closest major city.

The Bloomberg campaign is the only campaign that's contacted her, other than a few mailings from Senate candidate Mark Kelly.

EDIT: No, my mom said, "No" but she was very polite and very impressed. She's supporting Warren. She said, "Why don't the Warren people ever call me?"

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5. Yep

As I posted above, I phone banked on Sunday and every contact was positive and all wanted a yard sign.

[Mike 03]

9. It's quite an achievement.

I'm dying to know how they're doing this. Hopefully someone will write a book about his campaign.

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16. Like his business

With ruthless and efficient organization.

[Mike 03]

26. But he's a nice guy, isn't he?

I'm reading a book about him now called "The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg."

He seems like a really decent human being, but I just want to make sure.

I don't want any more egomaniacs who put their own interests first. He doesn't strike me as that type one bit.

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28. He has a dog....

….what's not to like?

[wiley]

18. Last night Joy Reid and Mara Gay agreed

Both Mara Gay and Joy Reid were talking about the depth of support he has in African American communities. We really don't care about the nasty little purity fights some candidates are having. He has an amazing track record in communities of color. He's donated over 90 BILLION dollars to people and places we care about. My daughters all love the guy. So that meme about his not having any support in my community is ridiculous. I have yet to find anyone that has a negative opinion of him. I've heard from a lot of peope that have said they're not voting if Bernie gets in though. That's a big problem for us all.

[wiley]

8. They're very good.

I hope you and your Mom vote for him. Go Mark Kelly!

[Mike 03]

15. I'm dying to ask something. The first thing I wondered was,

"Does Bloomberg have better data than the DNC?"

It wouldn't surprise me, since he's built an empire on data collection and analysis.

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17. Yep

Which is my wheelhouse too.

[Mike 03]

21. Congratulations are in order.

[wiley]

34. Of course he does. He's running ads

as deep into communities of color that no one has ever considered before. He's leading in the polls in Arkansas.

[IronLionZion]

4. The whole Democratic party needs a 50 state strategy

not just Bloomberg. Lots of damage is done in the Senate and state legislatures. We need more Dems elected everywhere. It would be awesome if Bloomberg is using his billions for this.

Out of the 2 New York billionaires, I'm glad the smart one is on our side.

[Demsrule86]

20. Agree. We had a 50 state strategy with Obama when Dean ran the show...and we won it all...

WE HAD 60 VOTES IF Kennedy wasn't sick and Lieberman the rat he is....still way better than today.

[sweetloukillbot]

22. He gained a lot of points with me when he was asked about a race between 2 New York Billionaires

And his response was "Who's the other one?" or something close.

[redqueen]

11. Can't wait to see how they respond to his racist comments going viral.

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14. With aplomb more than likely

The obese shitbag survived the nominating process with much worse.

[aeromanKC]

19. I'm not staying home!!

If you stay home you are not a Democrat!! This election is about the future existence of AMERICA!!

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23. Excellent

Bravo Zulu, sir.

[MineralMan]

30. He'll be campaigning in states the other will not even visit.

Why? Because they hold primaries, too, and send delegates to the convention. The other campaigns can't afford to campaign in all 50 states, so they pick and choose and skip the rest. Bloomberg doesn't have that limitation. He's paying for his own campaign, and has plenty of money to do that.

It's going to tell as more and more states hold their primaries. Voters are going to see Bloomberg ads everywhere. In many places, those are the only ads they'll see. They're going to see yard signs, too. My wife picked one up at the newly-opened Bloomberg campaign headquarters in St. Paul this weekend.

Guess what she said when she got home? "They didn't even want a contribution, and they had hundreds of yard signs there."

Go ask for a yard sign at some other candidate's local office. If they have any, you won't get one unless you donate. Foolish. I've had that happen to me many times. I've donated and gotten my sign. But Bloomberg isn't looking for donations. That's refreshing.