Quote (fender @ 25 Nov 2019 20:11)
he would have pushed the same tax cuts for corporations and billionaires as trump (probably with the same moronic 'justification', that everyone predicted to fail AGAIN, as it demonstrably did) - and to be fair, the rest of your post basically describes that perfectly.
so just because he picked the 'democrat' label this time around, doesn't mean his economics deserve a 'possibly moderate' tag - not even by american standards.
i've got to admit though, i don't really understand his candidacy. i mean, he can't possibly assume that he has a realistic chance, can he? isn't he basically just undermining the already plenty of democrats that are trying to give establishment policies a more civilised look (buttigieg, klobuchar, biden...) - so where is his niche? what is he hoping to accomplish? he doesn't need to sell a book or make a name for himself, so that rationale is out the window imo. does he count on all of them blowing up, so he will be the last establishment democrat standing, and therefore get the party's support?
I also dont understand his candidacy. From a tactical point of view, if he ends up making any difference at all (and that's a big 'if'), it will be at the expense of the other, stronger establishment candidates (Biden, Klobuchar, perhaps Buttigieg), so he's hurting his own cause.
It's probably a case of massively inflated ego and/or being out of touch with reality. He's one of the richest men on the planet and has been a fairly successful mayor of New York City for 11 long years. He probably genuinely believes that he's a great politician and that many voters have been waiting for someone like him. If you've spent most of your life being surrounded by sycophants, being super rich and successful and important, it's probably really easy to develop this type of "savior complex" that many of these billionaires clearly have. (See also: Tom Steyer, Howard Schultz.)