Bloomberg took a gamble by appearing at Wednesday’s debate — presumably he assumed he had the political experience to put up a good performance. Instead, he was hammered repeatedly over alleged sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace, his ‘stop and frisk’ policies in New York City, his status as a billionaire, and his previous Republican membership. The mayor appeared defensive and unprepared to answer to any of these attacks — the type of thing that can sink a candidacy, if Sen Kamala Harris’s campaign post-Tulsi Gabbard whacking her for her prosecutorial history is any indicator.The titan of business, media and New York City has been surrounded by yes-men for 40 years and it showed. Money can buy you a massive campagin infrastrucutre but it can't buy you people willing to let you have it in the debate prep (What, and risk that plum $5,000 a month gig?). We remain confident in our autumn prediction that the mayor will not be the Democrat nominee.
Thursday, February 20, 2020
What Will (Didn't) Watch
We don't watch debates. Why? But the Spectator's Amber Athey did:
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