Michael Bloomberg gives $2.5M to Senate Majority PAC

[MADem]

7. OK, so .... by your understanding of campaign contributions, Bernie Sanders "works for" Hillary

Clinton. Tammy Duckworth "works for" Hillary Clinton.

So do dozens of elected officials in the House and Senate.

Why? Because her HILLPAC donated to their campaigns, and helped elect them.

So, if Bernie is working for HER, she's not working for US...is that it?

Do you think HRC has "bought" Bernie Sanders? Do you think he sent the money back? (I'll give you the answer to both questions--it's NO.)

Bloomberg, a native of Medford Massachusetts, has always been a Democrat. He is a choice-loving, social programs enthusiast who has a few distasteful leanings (like the whole stop-and-frisk nastiness he championed to keep "his" city nice for the tourists, and the "I don't want you to be fat so I will take away your transfats and try/fail to reduce your soda intake...for your OWN good, of course..." nanny tactics) that are somewhat authoritarian and put him in the "conservative Democrats" corner of the Big Tent on some issues. DeBlasio, hopefully, is the antidote to that.

No one is forcing Bloomberg to give this money, and he's not dictating how it is spent. I wouldn't be surprised if it's used to plus-up a lot of campaign coffers, and also used to blunt wingnut media buys in hotly contested races.

Will giving the money help to get him an appointment with anyone in our delegation? Hell yes--though just his name and his history down the years would get him that, as well. There's nothing wrong with being polite to people who help you.

That doesn't mean they'll do his bidding.