Bloomberg would be as divisive as Bernie.

[denem]

I am putting up this argument, to have it torn down.

Bernie has been demonizing the "billionaire class" for four years. If a poster child for billionaires is nominated, many, many berners will bolt, no matter what Sanders might say. The GOP will frame Bloomberg as 'Mr. Wall Street' and take that message straight to the midwest. Women will stay at home. African Americans are 'unlikely' to turn out in record numbers.

Mike will have his work cut out for him to win.

[k2qb3]

1. Way more.

His being a billionaire is the least of the problems.

[Garrett78]

6. Exactly. No better way to suppress turnout of youth, POC, LGBTQ and women.

This Bloomberg talk has been nuts from day 1.

[yaesu]

2. ooooooh myyyyyy

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[Iliyah]

3. No matter who is the Democratic Party's nominee . . .

Republicans will find anything even made up shit to attack that nominee.

Bloomberg can win states - Super Tuesday and so can VP Biden.

[TwilightZone]

4. Does the same apply to Steyer?

Contrary to the assertions of many Sanders supporters and Sanders himself, I don't think billionaire as a catch-all criticism really means much to the average voter, because it's too vague and blanket statements usually have little basis in reality. I think everyone would agree that Bloomberg and Steyer aren't the same, nor would someone like Warren Buffett be equivalent to, say, Trump. It's always been a bit of a silly assertion.

It's also a bit telling that Sanders used to say "millionaires and billionaires" as the catch-all insult until he became one of the former. I guess they're not a problem anymore.

Besides, billionaire isn't Bloomberg's problem.

[BusyBeingBest]

7. He's just a centrist Democrat. I don't

Know why he’s seen as different from any other candidate, especially concerning his policy plans, which are the most common sense to me among all of the candidates’ ideas. All candidates have baggage and past bad positions and flaws. Why would he be divisive unless some people engineered it to appear that way?