Bloomberg's rapid rise
Fox's Trump-less debate last night brought another colorful interlude to the disarray and randomness of this whole angry and discordant election cycle. But the big story this week could be elsewhere.
In one of the first polls to come out last Sunday on how former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) would fare if he entered the presidential race as an independent candidate, Bloomberg took only 12 percent of the vote in a race against Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (who is running for the Democratic nomination).
It was suggested then that Bloomberg might enter if Hillary Clinton, Sanders's rival for the Democratic nomination, dropped out or was forced out. But by Thursday, this week a new poll came out and The New York Post claimed that "Mike Bloomberg has a better chance of becoming president as an independent candidate than most people realize." Even in a race against Clinton:
Trump was right to leave the stage behind in this week's Fox News debate. The debates can favor a certain approach and they can favor a politician who is good at only one thing — debating — which in no way determines the debater's ability to govern. They also favor those who know how to work an audience, like Trump. They favor and advance populist instincts and in hindsight, since the significant Kennedy vs. Nixon debates in 1960, they have brought dominance of the Hollywood and television media over the political process and weakened the body politic.
Trump was right to leave them behind. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) was right to threaten to walk off the stage. And former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb (D) was right in his claim that the CNN debates were "rigged" for Clinton and Sanders. "Online poll: Was the CNN #DemDebate rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton?" he tweeted after the debate, referencing a Daily Caller sampling that shows 98 percent answering "yes."
Bloomberg's rapid rise
Bloomberg just might be the dark horse everyone should listen to and watch! Watch out for more news in this bug change...
Fox's Trump-less debate last night brought another colorful interlude to the disarray and randomness of this whole angry and discordant election cycle. But the big story this week could be elsewhere.
In one of the first polls to come out last Sunday on how former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) would fare if he entered the presidential race as an independent candidate, Bloomberg took only 12 percent of the vote in a race against Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (who is running for the Democratic nomination).
It was suggested then that Bloomberg might enter if Hillary Clinton, Sanders's rival for the Democratic nomination, dropped out or was forced out. But by Thursday, this week a new poll came out and The New York Post claimed that "Mike Bloomberg has a better chance of becoming president as an independent candidate than most people realize." Even in a race against Clinton:
Trump was right to leave the stage behind in this week's Fox News debate. The debates can favor a certain approach and they can favor a politician who is good at only one thing — debating — which in no way determines the debater's ability to govern. They also favor those who know how to work an audience, like Trump. They favor and advance populist instincts and in hindsight, since the significant Kennedy vs. Nixon debates in 1960, they have brought dominance of the Hollywood and television media over the political process and weakened the body politic.
Trump was right to leave them behind. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) was right to threaten to walk off the stage. And former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb (D) was right in his claim that the CNN debates were "rigged" for Clinton and Sanders. "Online poll: Was the CNN #DemDebate rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton?" he tweeted after the debate, referencing a Daily Caller sampling that shows 98 percent answering "yes."
Bloomberg's rapid rise
Bloomberg just might be the dark horse everyone should listen to and watch! Watch out for more news in this bug change...
