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You Can’t Buy A Bloomberg Voter.
But you may rent one.
2020’s iteration of Super Tuesday went off without a single hitch.
There were, in fact, more than one hitch and all of them surprising.
Bernie Sanders was supposed to be riding a trajectory to wrap up the nomination but that didn’t happen. Joe Biden had been written off — the narrative said that Biden was easier to stun than a Norwegian Blue Parrot— but, it turns out, not so much.
The most surprising result, at least to this long time member of the Democratic Party, was the number of votes garnered by former NYC Mayor, Mike Bloomberg, a man who, heretofore, has spent his entire political career avoiding the Democratic Party like it was the plague.
While Bloomberg suspended his campaign in result of Super Tuesday, I was astounded at the number of ostensibly Democratic votes he did receive: Looks like money may not be able to buy the Democratic nomination, but it can certainly rent it for a short time.
Many a pundit will note the pernicious influence of money in politics. Mike Bloomberg’s mere signature on a whopping big check — and don’t kid yourself, that’s the whole and the entire extent of his effort — got more votes than hard-working US Senator Warren. She had a plan for everything — except that.
