IS A WEALTHY businessman from New York the right presidential candidate to defeat another wealthy businessman from New York? In the eyes of Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, national co-chair of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Democratic presidential campaign, the answer is yes. She says Bloomberg is the man to beat Donald Trump. […]
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Warren gets a lift
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidates ganged up on debate newcomer Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday night, but none more so than Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who desperately needed a spark for her campaign. After a disappointing fourth-place finish in New Hampshire near her home turf, Warren came out fast and kept charging during the two-hour debate on NBC. Her […]
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Warren in the cross-hairs — where she wants to be
FIRST HOWARD SCHULTZ called her tax-the-rich plan “ridiculous” in an NPR interview Tuesday morning. Michael Bloomberg piled on later in the day in New Hampshire, saying it would set the country on the road toward the chaos of Venezuela. For Elizabeth Warren, who famously claimed to have laid the intellectual foundation for the Occupy Wall […]
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Warren in the cross-hairs — where she wants to be
First Howard Schultz called her tax-the-rich plan “ridiculous” in an NPR interview Tuesday morning. Michael Bloomberg piled on later in the day in New Hampshire, saying it would set the country on the road toward the chaos of Venezuela. For Elizabeth Warren, who famously claimed to have laid the intellectual foundation for the Occupy Wall […]
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Bloomberg news
There apparently can never be too many New York billionaires in the race for president. Or, at a minimum, one may not be enough. The weekend brought news that former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has instructed underlings to begin drawing up plans for a potential independent run for president. Medford Mike is said to […]