Bloomberg bombs, closes money bags

The Hill:
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped out of the 2020 race on Wednesday after a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars in advertisements.

"Three months ago, I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump. Today, I am leaving the race for the same reason: to defeat Donald Trump — because it is clear to me that staying in would make achieving that goal more difficult," Bloomberg said in a statement.

He also endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden, saying it was clear from the Super Tuesday results that Biden was the best candidate to defeat Trump in November.

“I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. After yesterday’s vote, it is clear that candidate is my friend and a great American, Joe Biden," he said.

As of Wednesday morning, Bloomberg had secured 44 pledged delegates in the race for the Democratic nomination. Biden leads the field of candidates with 453 delegates, followed by 382 for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 50 for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), according to figures from the Associated Press.
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His biggest failure was failing to convince people that Trump should be defeated.  Biden is not as crazy as Bernie Sanders, but he is not too bright either.  In fact, he appears to be having several conative slips of late which have the appearance of the onset of dementia. The Democrats have such a weak bench that he appears to be the best they can do.

Bloomberg was a poor candidate, who had poor debate appearances and little charisma. 

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