When a candidate has spent $500 million dollars, it is hard to get out of the race.

[kentuck]

No matter who they may be?

That is a lot of money. All of it spent on ads. They are everywhere. Everybody has seen them.

A few days ago, Mr Bloomberg "misspoke" when he was talking about the politicians he had "bought". He quickly changed his wording from "bought" to something a little more acceptable. He knows he is trying to buy the Democratic nomination.

If he is successful, the Democratic Party is dead, in my humble opinion.

Do we really have to settle for a billionaire Republican, albeit liberal on many issues, as the Democratic nominee?

[beachbumbob]

1. he is simply NOT a democrat and that fails him right away in my book

[RT Atlanta]

2. No, we do not have to settle

And it bothers me a lot

[lapfog_1]

3. $500M is less than 1% of his net worth

that is a bad day at the casino for most of us.

Lets see what happens after today.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Uh, yeah

"$500M is a bad day at the casino for most of us."

[lapfog_1]

5. yes. It's one percent

actually .79 percent.

I haven't seen his income statements... but I bet he makes that much in something under 3 months. $2Billion a year return on $63B... entirely feasible.

I think he thought Joe was "done" and the rest of the moderate field ( although I hardly call ANY of them real moderates ) was weak... so, to stop Bernie and defeat Trump, he decided to run. If he gets spanked hard today, I expect him to suspend his campaign... and I would not be surprised if he spends another 1 Billion on defeating Trump with TV time that helps Democrats.

[abqtommy]

6. That's not a good basis for making a decision since it is a lot of money to me but chump change

for Bloomberg... Bloomie will soon show us who he is...

[Moderateguy]

7. He needs hard evidence that he's not what people want

He might get that tonight

[wishstar]

8. He should cut his losses and stop spending on his campaign to help candidates who can win

He helped the TV station companies and the post office with the ad blitz as did Steyer, but he needs to get out tonight and find more productive use of rest of his fortune.

[helpisontheway]

9. Ads and flyers. He has been filling my mailbox up for weeks..I got

another packet from his campaign today.

[tarheelsunc]

10. By the same token,

do we really have to settle for a millionaire Independent, albeit liberal on many issues, as the Democratic nominee?

[kentuck]

11. But I don't think you can accuse any other Democrat of trying to buy the election.

As seems to be the case with Bloomberg. Just my opinion.

[zackymilly]

12. I read Bloomberg spending $500 mil is like a middle-class person spending $800 on something. n/t

[Blue_true]

13. He makes something like $2 billion plus yearly from carried interest alone. nt

[MiniMe]

14. Bloomberg is a smart man

He may have a huge ego, but even he has to know when it's a lost cause. It may not be a huge percentage of his wealth, but he isn't getting any return on his spending. He has not done well tonight, and he was counting on Super Tuesday to have a successful launch. I think he will re=evaluate in the next few days.