Upon reading Bloomberg.com, I came across an article talking about how the candidates on the left are describing Michael Bloomberg. Klobuchar, Biden and Sanders have all talked about his “racist” policies such as the controversial stop and frisk act. This is policy essentially allowed police more authority in stopping citizens and patting them down to make sure that they were not doing anything illegal. While this is an easy policy to bring up in order to lower Bloomberg’s numbers, the democrats need to stop ragging on their competitors if they are to beat Donald Trump in this next election.
“Mayor Bloomberg, with all his money, will not create the kind of excitement and energy we need to have the voter turnout we must have to defeat Donald Trump.” This is a quote from Bernie Sanders on, of course, Michael Bloomberg. But let’s imagine Bloomberg actually wins the primaries and goes head to head with Trump. How will that look in the eyes of an average citizen when the candidate they supported ragged on the democratic candidate going toe to toe with the former president? Further sub-dividing the democratic party, by separating every one into the candidate that they prefer, will only bolster Trump’s chances of getting re-elected. Let me explain. When you sub-divide the left into the candidates they support, when the democratic candidates start degrading the other candidates of their own party in order to enhance their numbers, and you throw in the fact that the current president has a cult-like following which will only grow unless dealt with properly, then you have a shrinking, fragmented party that will not win in November. Democratic nominees need to focus on their own campaigning, and if they are falling behind then they need to support one another in order to grow the party and, most importantly, try their best to connect with the right so that they can have long term success in the election process.
Lets go through the candidates shall we? I’ll make it quick. Bernie Sanders has lot’s of support on the left, particularly the far left. What he doesn’t have however is the most important. No support from the independents or the right, no matter how much Trump screws up this year because they will not support an extreme democrat like Bernie Sanders. Elizabeth Warren is in the same ballpark. Pete Buttigieg is also rising in the ranks. Pete has the advantage of being thought of as a “moderate” which helps him within the independent party and perhaps even with the moderate republicans as well. I think Pete is spot on with not supporting a universal health care that will not function like many think it will and he also has the presentation and demeanor that a president should have on stage. Joe Biden, on the other hand, is getting old and it is not helping his game. He stutters, his temper flares easily, and he is falling downhill fast in the polls but we will see how he does in the primaries. Last, but certainly not least, Amy Klobuchar. She has potential in my opinion due to her being a moderate relative to Bernie and Warren, as well as staying out of the drama that candidates seem to fall in with their lives on public display. The only problem with Klobuchar is that I don’t think she has what it takes to stand up against Donald Trump. Michael Bloomberg has what it takes and he actually has a decent track record being the mayor of New York City for three terms. He has the money to advertise, he has the guts to stand up to Trump, and he may be able to pull some independents and moderate republicans.
My prediction: If the democrats are smart, they would select Bloomberg because I think he has the best chance to win it. However, I think Mayor Pete may take it. Whoever the winner on the left is, the President of the United States in 2020 will be Donald J. Trump.
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