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That he will not be perched on a box this evening. Its not clear if they were bragging about that or not. In fact, bloomberg shouldnt be on the stage at all. For a full year the Democratic Party maintained clear rules about who qualified for their debates. Candidates needed to meet a polling threshold. They also needed donations from a large pool of people and that was on purpose. The point was to ensure that candidates had actual grassroots support and werent, say, using their vast personal fortunes to buy name recognition with slick tv ads during judge judy and rise mechanically in the polls. They didnt want that candidates like cory booker and Julian Castro complained bitterly about these rules and asked for them to be changed. The dnc wouldnt budge. It wouldnt be fair to make exceptions, they said. And then mayor mike arrived. First he sent a 300,000 bribe to the dnc last november just two days before entering the race. And then he sprayed cash on every living democrat willing to w
Michael bloomberg will be standing on the stage. His campaign that was important to tell nbc news he will not be perched on a box this evening. Not clear if they were bragging about that or not. In fact, bloomberg shouldnt be on the at all. For a full year, Democratic Party maintained clear rules but would qualify for their debate. Candidates need to meet a polling threshold. They also needed donations from a large pool of people, and that was on purpose. The point was to ensure candidates had actual grassroots support and words, say, using their vast personal fortunes to buy name recognition with slick tv ads during judge duty and rise mechanically in the polls. They didnt want that. Candidates likean cory booker ad Julian Castro complained bitterly about these rules and asked for them to be change, but the dnc wouldnt budge. It wouldnt be fair to make exceptions, they said. And then mayor mike arrived. First, he sent a 300,000 bribe november, just two days before entering the race, a