To all you leftist cynics, those who don't for instance think the Democratic Party is capable of not rewarding Bloomberg in an elegant fashion for threatening to run as an independent if Sanders got the nomination to scare gullible primary voters, well, you are getting more evidence ...

It is unusual, but not unheard of, for a speaker who is not a member of a political party to address that party’s convention. Mr. Bloomberg is expected to speak on Wednesday, the same evening as President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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Mr. Wolfson said the Clinton campaign had contacted Mr. Bloomberg several weeks ago to ask if he would be willing to address the convention. Mr. Bloomberg, he said, mulled over the idea and ultimately agreed to speak, after drafting a speech that reflected his distinctive set of political views rather a boilerplate Democratic message.

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Jennifer Palmieri, Mrs. Clinton’s communications director, said Mr. Bloomberg would bring to the convention “a unique and important voice that lays out the choice in this election.”

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-hilla...

Goodness gracious. I am beginning to think my filthy vote is not wanted. There seems to be an escalating Clinton campaign effort afoot to drive Sanders supporters (a) crazy, (b) out of the party, (c) to vote democratically instead of Democratically, or (d) all of the above.

Something tells me portions of the Democratic Party platform may not be vigorously pursued:

Mr. Bloomberg is not an entirely natural fit for the Democratic Party of 2016: Though he has been an energetic advocate on issues related to guns, immigration and climate change, he has also been a vocal ally of the financial services industry and has defended the strict policing tactics his administration employed in New York.

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In the past, Mr. Bloomberg has rebuked Democrats for attacking Wall Street — a part of his record that may sit uneasily with liberal Democrats, and especially with the supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont who are already smarting from his defeat.

I take it he's a progressive who likes to get some things done more than others.