Michael Bloomberg wins "First in the Nation" primary in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire

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Even if one looks at Bloomberg’s candidacy from the short-term view of defeating Biff and putting off addressing the larger problems of late-stage capitalism for another 4-8 years (a view I don’t think we can afford), there’s this:

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Bloomberg has the money, for sure, and has a reputation as a moderate law-and-order candidate. But in key battleground Electoral College states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania he’s seriously hobbled outside the big cities by his adamant pro-gun-control and pro-choice positions.

Stupid and self-defeating though it might seem to us, guns and abortion are more important issues to a lot of voters than the economy is.