I awoke today to the news that Rep. Peter Svarzbein was hired as Bloomberg's deputy state director for his campaign operations in Texas. Really? That's who Svarz is going with? Or did he just need the paycheck? Let's examine.
First off, I can't decide if Bloomberg should skip Texas or put all of his money into Texas. On the one hand you have a situation where Texans generally don't like rich yankees - as seen in the low numbers for Trump. On the other hand Texas has a lot of delegates to provide for a Democratic candidate. A win in Texas could really change the race.
Texas is Super Tuesday primary (click HERE). So, there's a lot at stake for that one date (March 3) and a candidate can get stretched pretty thin trying to win them all. Remember, California is also on Super Tuesday. A good showing in TX and CA could rocket a candidate to the top.
I'm not sure Texas Democrats are going to be into Bloomberg's mostly Republican leanings. He's only Democrat because he wants to take your guns. I think it's kind of unfair that Beto got blasted for saying he wants to take guns, but Bloomberg gets a complete pass. Bloomberg has spent tens of millions of his own money trying to confiscate your guns for decades and nobody seems to be talking about it in the same way they did with Beto. It's odd to say the least.
And with that said... Svarz's personal politics are somewhere left of Bernie, so it's bizarre he'd get on the Bloomberg train. Svarz's land stealing buddies are all Bernie fans. I wonder how they are going to feel about him working for the anti-gun Republican running in the Democratic primary?
And... what was Bloomberg's staff thinking hiring a city council guy in El Paso who takes really great photos for a living? Don't get me wrong - you don't want to get Svarz in a run-off. He'll win every time and nobody can explain it. It's like campaign magic, but instead of pulling a rabbit out of hat, he's pulling votes out of thin air. Maybe his legendary run-off performances made it all the way to the ears of Bloomberg's top advisors.
I can't wait to see the high energy version of Svarz that will be required of him for this new role!
Bloomberg is not trying to win the democratic nomination, he simply has found a way to have unlimited donations to the Democratic Party. Bloomberg has already stated that these campaign offices will stay open and support whomever wins the democratic nomination. Bloomberg is self funding the support network for whomever wins the nomination. In essence he is funding the ground campaign for whomever wins the nomination. He is not even on the ballot for most of the state primaries. Even his $30 million in digital ads are all about attacking Trump, not about how he is different from any of the other bozos that are running. He has found a loophole and all the people whom normally are against Citizens United, and big money in politics, are turning a blind eye. This is a bad precedent for American politics.
Posted by: Jefferson | January 16, 2020 at 04:05 PM
We got past free abortions for men and $100K per head reparations for illegals' inconvenience for crossing over illegally. What's left to give away for free? If the DEM nomination goes to the loopiest candidate left standing Bloomberg ends up throwing away his money on a lost cause. How many geriatric billionaires are running now, anyway?
Posted by: JerryK | January 17, 2020 at 10:06 AM
Is being a city council Rep a full time job???
Posted by: Rico Suave | January 17, 2020 at 11:45 AM