Throughout the three hours of his previous debates, Bloomberg tends to parry criticism with a mix of snark and aloofness before pivoting to a bullet point rebuttal. For McKinney, whether Bloomberg keeps his cool under seige from multiple directions will be an important factor, particularly if rivals relish in their first chance to confront him in the flesh. But, by the way, all of my friends are all billionaires. And in two hours Wednesday night, he risked losing those swift gains as he stumbled through his first nationally televised primary debate. After deciding to skip all four contests in February, Bloomberg will not appear on his first presidential primary ballot until Super Tuesday. Sanders defended owning multiple houses, noting he has one in Washington, where he works, and two in Vermont. But all of the gains he’d made since the beginning of the year have been erased.

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With Bloomberg making a late foray into the arena, professor McKinney said he expects Bloomberg to be the centre of incoming attacks from candidates who have already dedicated months to campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire, where Bloomberg was not on the ballot (nor will he be in the next states to vote, Nevada and South Carolina).