On Tuesday, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren offered a preview of one line of attack the billionaire can expect face to face.
“It's a shame Mike Bloomberg can buy his way into the debate," she tweeted, “but at least now primary voters curious about how each candidate will take on Donald Trump can get a live demonstration of how we each take on an egomaniac billionaire.”
Anyone who would vote for Bloomberg, this time unlike his last NYC mayor bit, he will call himself a Democrat, not a Republican, which he is, by policy, along with Mayor Pete and Amy, each of whom would be a better choice - Bloomberg v. Biden? A toss-up.
Mendacity shall be its own reward.
Warren's analysis is spot-on and Bloomberg is audacious to even put his name into consideration - as a Democrat. Klobuchar, in that Republican wing of the Democratic Party represents a better choice. She's been honest about herself and her record.
How will Bloomberg spin? That's been answered two paragraphs ago.
UPDATE: I favor Bloomberg over Mayor Pete. He is more seasoned an opportunist, and hence less a worry about how bad he'd be in office if elected. Mayor Pete, perhaps like the last Rhodes Scholar President. Yuk! That awful! Don't risk it. There is the devil you know, all $60 billion of him. Back flips for Wall Street; but Pete would be no different yet with less respect among the Wall Street movers and shakers - who want to be like Mike.
FURTHER: Related links: Juan Cole, here and here re jobs; Common Dreams re Green policy aims; last, here, here and here(the last item likely ghost-written, but note claimed authorship), the last item suggesting the nation make cuts to aid for the poor, by one not so poor:
To help make the final push as the Dec. 31 [2012] deadline for reaching a deal looms, I have signed on as a co-chair of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, a bipartisan national group committed to achieving a comprehensive debt-reduction agreement.
This week, there have been signs that Congress and the White House are beginning to move toward an agreement that would include modest tax increases and spending cuts, as well as a commitment to enact broader-based tax and entitlement reforms in 2013. While the tax revenue and entitlement cuts being discussed are both less than what I and many others believe are necessary to maximize long-term growth, the specifics of the deal are to some extent less important than the act of getting one.
"Campaign to Fix the Debt" is what the name suggests; a proposal to rend asunder the safety net which the nation badly needs enhanced and not torn up by those sitting on a giant safety net of their own, a/k/a sixty billion. The item shows one candidacy which has a legacy. Enjoy.