Considering that the first two states have less than 5% of the delegates, it's silly to make much of who won or lost in those states. Sure, in the past, most, but not all of the people who won those states went on to win the nomination, but this has been the most unusual Democratic primary that I can remember. The left leaning moderates got far more votes than Bernie. A lot will depend on how long the left leaning moderate stay in the race. I think we should wait until after Super Tuesday before we make predictions. Right now, we are like a punch of pundits making predictions without enough evidence.
And, when it comes to Bloomberg, he's quite to the left when it comes to social things, but moderate when it comes to financial things. He was able to convince New Yorkers to give him a third term, which was quite amazing. New York City isn't exactly a bastion of conservatism, so despite his wrongs, he must have done something right.. Think of how people praise FDR, despite the fact that he rounded up and imprisoned innocent Japanese citizens and was supposedly a friend of Mussolini. I'm not so sure he handled WWII all that well either, but I'm not a historian so I'm sure there are things I don't know. No politician has ever been perfect or consistent. Or think of the years when Bernie praised dictators like Castro. Should we still hold that against him? People change over time. We all do. I don't understand this idea that consistency is something honorable. To me, consistency can be a sign of stubbornness, or a failure to change with the times. I prefer people who are able to grow, admit their past mistakes and change their views as new evidence comes into view. All presidents make a lot of mistakes, but the best ones apologize for their mistakes.
Bloomberg has been a Republican, an independent and a Democrat. Bernie is only a Democrat when it suits him. So, imo it's silly to label either of those two men as being part of any party. They both. have many negatives as well as some positives. Again, both Warren and Sanders have said that they will support whoever becomes the Democratic nominee, even if it's Bloomberg. I think that's because they both have enough common sense to realize that we must unite against Trump. Since the impeachment, the man has become even more unhinged and dangerous. Are we so afraid of Bernie or Bloomberg, depending on one's perspective, that we'd rather have 4 more years of Trump? I don't plan to vote for either of them in the primaries, but I will vote for either of them if they are the nominee.
