As the cliche goes, just when you think things cannot get any worse, something comes along to prove you wrong.
This saying can summarize how this election cycle has gone thus far. We have one person to mainly thank for this: Donald Trump. Rapidly, Trump’s candidacy for president went from an amusing sideshow to frontrunner status, with Trump leading the Republican Party nomination by maintaining his bombastic attitude and autocratic agenda.
This is not to mention his comments about Mexican immigrants, Muslims and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, with the latter seen as such a threat that Trump chose to skip tonight’s GOP presidential debate because Kelly is one of its moderators.
And yet, just as we think cannot get any worse, something comes along that …show more content…
According to The New York Times, Bloomberg, who served as mayor from 2002 to 2013, is considering a possible independent bid to the White House. His advisers said his main motivation for considering a run include the rise of Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, as well as concerns regarding Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose populist crusade now poses a serious threat to the campaign of Hillary Clinton.
In a Trump/Cruz vs. Sanders race, Bloomberg could possibly gain support from moderate voters who fear both sides are too extreme, though many believe a Bloomberg run would harm Sanders more than it would the Republican nominee.
This makes sense, as Bloomberg holds both conservative and liberal traits, such as being a staunch defender of banks and investment firms as well as a proponent of immigration reform and abortion access.
However, this is also the limitations of Bloomberg’s attractiveness. While his positions do appeal to both sides, his most notable acts could be considered part of a crusade to control people in the name of the assumed greater good.
While mayor, Bloomberg set a path to turn the Big Apple into a nanny state, banning such things as trans fats in restaurants, cell phones in public schools and cigarettes to those under
This saying can summarize how this election cycle has gone thus far. We have one person to mainly thank for this: Donald Trump. Rapidly, Trump’s candidacy for president went from an amusing sideshow to frontrunner status, with Trump leading the Republican Party nomination by maintaining his bombastic attitude and autocratic agenda.
This is not to mention his comments about Mexican immigrants, Muslims and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, with the latter seen as such a threat that Trump chose to skip tonight’s GOP presidential debate because Kelly is one of its moderators.
And yet, just as we think cannot get any worse, something comes along that …show more content…
According to The New York Times, Bloomberg, who served as mayor from 2002 to 2013, is considering a possible independent bid to the White House. His advisers said his main motivation for considering a run include the rise of Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, as well as concerns regarding Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose populist crusade now poses a serious threat to the campaign of Hillary Clinton.
In a Trump/Cruz vs. Sanders race, Bloomberg could possibly gain support from moderate voters who fear both sides are too extreme, though many believe a Bloomberg run would harm Sanders more than it would the Republican nominee.
This makes sense, as Bloomberg holds both conservative and liberal traits, such as being a staunch defender of banks and investment firms as well as a proponent of immigration reform and abortion access.
However, this is also the limitations of Bloomberg’s attractiveness. While his positions do appeal to both sides, his most notable acts could be considered part of a crusade to control people in the name of the assumed greater good.
While mayor, Bloomberg set a path to turn the Big Apple into a nanny state, banning such things as trans fats in restaurants, cell phones in public schools and cigarettes to those under