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Bloomberg's 1st Debate Performance Raises Questions About Viability

Jim Malone

   For much of the past year, the Democratic presidential candidates
   focused most of their energy on one common target -- President Donald
   Trump. But on Wednesday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, they eagerly found
   a new one -- former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

   From the start, Bloomberg came under attack and it was clear he had
   walked into the political equivalent of the "lion's den."

   Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren led the barrage by comparing the
   former mayor to the man in the White House.

   "I'd like to talk about who we're running against, a billionaire who
   calls women fat broads and horse-faced lesbians," Warren said on the
   debate stage. "And no, I'm not talking about Donald Trump, I'm talking
   about Mayor Bloomberg."

   Warren added a cautionary note.

   "Look, I'll support whoever the Democratic nominee is, but understand
   this, Democrats take a huge risk if we just substitute one arrogant
   billionaire for another."

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