Billionaire Mike Bloomberg is attempting to buy the Democratic nomination. With something like $400 million in personal spending so far, that much is clear — and it appears to be working at least somewhat well, as he is nearing second place in national polls. I would guess that he will quickly into diminishing returns, but on the other hand spending on this level is totally unprecedented. At this burn rate he could easily spend more than the entire 2016 presidential election cost both parties before the primary is over. I published a piece today outlining why I would not vote for Bloomberg against Trump (I would vote for Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, or Biden), even though I live in a swing state. This got a lot of "vote blue no matter who" people riled up . They scolded me and demanded that I pre-commit to voting for Bloomberg should he win the nomination. The argument as I understand it is to try to make it as likely as possible that whatever Democrat wins t...
The transaction went smoothly for me. Sorry I could't send more; I'm in the same boat, only on a different stream. I know it's not much, but lunch is lunch, and I'll send some more when I can. I really believe in what you're doing, 'cept for the whole 'live-near-D.C.-without-a-part-time-job' bit, but I've been there a time or two myself, so really, I can only empathize. Keep the word strong.
ReplyDeleteBTW, if you're still playing SCII, you should add the_senator90@hotmail.com. I haven't played for months, but it'd be fun for old times' sake.
Hey, every little bit helps. And don't worry too much about me, I'm sure I'll scrape by. I do have some work tutoring college students in chemistry, so I'll scrape by.
ReplyDeleteI don't have the full version of SCII yet, I'll let you know if I do.
Went smoothly for me too, Ryan. Congrats on the blog publication. B
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