Michael Bloomberg
I’m now considered a freak in New York
New York It’s nice to finally be in the Bagel, a place where the cows have two legs and no…
That dreary Bloomberg speech cost him $18 million
There’s an infamous anecdote from an old New York magazine story, in which then-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg arrived at…
Coronavirus keeps the spotlight on Trump and away from Joe Biden
Well, well, well. There was former White House press secretary Sean Spicer at today’s press conference in a new incarnation…
Joe’s Super Thursday
Biden’s campaign is back from the dead
What is Michael Bloomberg thinking?
There are lies, damned lies, and data in politics. Everyone presumed a man as well-resourced as Michael Bloomberg had run…
What makes Bloomie run?
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. In that great movie Citizen Kane, Orson Welles makes it…
Biden wins the South Carolina puppy bowl
The way our politics has shaped up (up? has it shaped up?), the South Carolina primary is a bit like the puppy…
The best news for Bernie is that his rivals are so weak
‘Bernie beats Trump! Bernie beats Trump!’ That’s what Bernie Sanders’s fans keep chanting, and they have the polls to prove…
Sanders, Trump and the populist juju
‘Bernie beats Trump! Bernie beats Trump!’ That’s what Bernie Sanders’s fans keep chanting, and they have the polls to prove…
Bless their hearts: every Democrat is a loser in South Carolina
Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg said at least one accurate thing in South Carolina on Tuesday night: ‘Russia doesn’t…
A bare knuckles fight between Bernie, Bloomberg and Trump
The Nevada caucuses confirm that Sen. Amy Klobuchar has clung to the ledge by her fingernails as long as she…
Global warning: 2020 Dems are floundering on foreign policy
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. What would a Michael Bloomberg foreign policy look like? A…
Bloomberg isn’t beaten
The sub-tweeters and thumb-twitchers are writing Michael Bloomberg’s political obituary after his admittedly less than thrilling turn in Las Vegas,…
Hinden-Bloomberg: NYC mayor goes up in flames at Vegas debate
Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg got a taste of front-runner status on Wednesday night, getting absolutely walloped by…
Struggling Democrats hit the wrong targets in Nevada
Unlike the previous snoozers where all the candidates pretended to like each other, the debate in Nevada ahead of their…
Bloomberg is a bigger threat to democratic norms than Trump
Mike Bloomberg publicly admitted just a few years ago that he ‘couldn’t win’ the presidency because his political program would…
Sanders and Bloomberg take the American Jewish feud public
You wait decades for a Jewish candidate for the White House, and then two come along at once — like…
Lamar Alexander clears the way for an unbound Trump
Lamar Alexander said that Donald Trump engaged in ‘inappropriate’ behavior as though he had yelled at a guest at a…
Is ‘Mini Mike’ a growing threat to Trump?
Should Bernie Sanders become the Democratic presidential nominee, expect the media to overuse these sprightly English expressions: ‘between a rock…
Progressives should now admit their outrage about ‘money in politics’ is confected
There’s a funny silence where the complaints about ‘money in politics’ used to be. The latest numbers on amounts spent…
Ben Schott: I’m Tony Blair’s brother (according to Google)
The globe (Golden and otherwise) has rightly fallen h-o-h for Olivia Colman who, before The Crown, The Favourite and Peep Show,…
Will Michael Bloomberg break double digits?
The big news on Monday this week was that latecomer billionaire presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg had ‘surged’ past Sen. Kamala…
How much are political parties allowed to spend in the general election?
Election counts Michael Bloomberg — the ninth richest person in America — entered the US presidential race by buying $34…
Who likes Mike?
This article is in The Spectator’s December 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. It’s springtime for billionaires. Former New York mayor and media…
For some reason, Michael Bloomberg thinks he should be president
Who would you like to see better represented in the already-crowded Democratic primary? Septuagenarians? Centrists? Or billionaires? For those of…
