posted November 07, 2019 10:48 PM
Bloomberg opens door to 2020 Democratic run for president
JULIE PACE AP Washington Bureau Chief
Nov 7, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is opening the door to a 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, warning that the current field of candidates is ill equipped to defeat President Donald Trump.
Bloomberg, who initially ruled out a 2020 run, has not made a final decision on whether to jump into the race. If he were to launch a campaign, it could dramatically reshape the Democratic contest less than three months before primary voting begins.
The 77-year-old has spent the past few weeks talking with prominent Democrats about the state of the 2020 field, expressing concerns about the steadiness of former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign and the rise of liberal Sen. Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren, according to people with knowledge of those discussions. In recent days, he took steps to keep his options open, including moving to get on the primary ballot in Alabama ahead of the state's Friday filing deadline.
http://madison.com/news/nation/government-and-politics/bloomberg-opens-door-to-democratic-run-for-president/article_0d4aae82-615f-5b03-ac46-bc09a5b248fd.html
We don't need...most of us don't need a Nanny and especially a Nanny President.
Judge halts Bloomberg’s large soda ban one day before it's set to go into effect
Erin Durkin
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
Mar 12, 2013
Mayor Bloomberg 's controversial ban on large, sugary sodas fell flat Monday when a judge shredded nearly every legal argument advanced by the mayor's lawyers and tossed the regulation out.
The sweeping ruling, a day before the ban was to take effect, was a stinging setback for Bloomberg, who won national acclaim in pushing the regulation — and condemnation that he was creating a nanny state.........
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bloomberg-soda-ban-national-article-1.1285235