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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 11:38 PM Jan 2016

Ed Rendell backs Hillary Clinton, not his friend Mike Bloomberg

By Jose Pagliery, CNN

Washington (CNN)—Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Hillary Clinton has his endorsement in the 2016 contest, even if his close friend Mike Bloomberg launches an independent bid.

Bloomberg is thinking about entering the 2016 presidential race, sources recently told CNN.

That has some asking if Rendell, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, would break away from his fellow party members and endorse his friend, the billionaire former mayor of New York.

In a recent New York Times piece, Rendell said he might pick Bloomberg over Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-described democratic socialist.

But Bloomberg over Hillary? No way.

A little more at: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/26/politics/hillary-clinton-ed-rendell-bloomberg/index.html
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Ed Rendell backs Hillary Clinton, not his friend Mike Bloomberg (Original Post) yallerdawg Jan 2016 OP
Why is bloomberg even thinking about being president? Cha Jan 2016 #1
Not enough billionaires running? yallerdawg Jan 2016 #2
Well he's starting out with bullshit.. yeah trump is an Idiot but Hillary will take care of him. Cha Jan 2016 #3

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
2. Not enough billionaires running?
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 12:06 AM
Jan 2016
Michael R. Bloomberg has instructed advisers to draw up plans for a potential independent campaign in this year’s presidential race. His advisers and associates said he was galled by Donald J. Trump’s dominance of the Republican field, and troubled by Hillary Clinton’s stumbles and the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the Democratic side.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/nyregion/bloomberg-sensing-an-opening-revisits-a-potential-white-house-run.html

He is not after Hillary. Only if she 'stumbles'!

Cha

(297,026 posts)
3. Well he's starting out with bullshit.. yeah trump is an Idiot but Hillary will take care of him.
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 12:19 AM
Jan 2016

She sure as hell ain't "stumbling".

The rise of BS.. yeah.. BFD.. Hillary's taking care of him, too.

Butt out Bloomberg.

Thank you!

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