前纽约市市长迈克·布隆伯格在周三的民主党初选辩论中获得了一个席位，今天公布的一项民意调查给了这位亿万富翁获得资格所需的最后一击。

到目前为止，彭博还没有资格参加民主党总统竞选的辩论。然而，在最近资格规则的改变取消了对个人捐赠者的要求后，这位前纽约市长有机会参加即将到来的内华达州辩论。

唯一的问题是，这位亿万富翁需要在至少一次全国投票中超过10%。

周二早上，彭博不止实现了这个目标，NPR、美国公共广播公司新闻一小时和玛丽斯特的民意调查显示，他获得了19%的支持。

布隆伯格仅次于佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯，后者在新的民意调查中以31%的支持率领先，在2月13日至2月16日期间，共有1416名成年人接受了调查。

与此同时，前副总统乔·拜登以15%的支持率落后，马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦以12%的得票率，明尼苏达州参议员艾米·克洛布查尔获得了9%的支持率，而印第安纳州前南本德市市长皮特·巴蒂吉格获得了8%的支持率。

对彭博社来说，新的民调显示，候选人符合资格要求，即在头两次竞选中至少赢得一名代表，四次全国民调给予10%或更多的支持，或者来自内华达州或南卡罗来纳州的两次州民调给予候选人12%以上的支持。

这一新的发展给周三的辩论带来了重大的变化，因为到目前为止，候选人还没有机会在舞台上与布隆伯格决斗。

周二上午，彭博竞选经理凯文·希基表示，这位前纽约市长计划接受挑战。

在民意调查结果公布后不久发布的一份声明中，希基表示，这些结果证明了彭博的竞选活动似乎已经吸引了“全国范围内的支持浪潮”。

“获得2月19日辩论的资格是迈克击败唐纳德·特朗普的计划和能力得到越来越多美国人共鸣的最新迹象，”希基说。

“迈克期待着和其他民主党候选人一起上台，并说明为什么他是击败唐纳德·特朗普、统一国家的最佳候选人，”他断言道。“讨论他对这个国家面临的挑战的可行和可实现的计划的机会是竞选过程中的一个重要部分。”

“自从迈克13周前发起竞选以来，他已经会见了25个州和62个城市的选民，”希基断言道。“我们的人群继续增长，我们的联盟继续扩大。这个国家的每一个角落都渴望有一个久经考验的领袖，一个敢于面对欺凌弱小者和特殊利益并把事情做好的人。那个人就是迈克·布隆伯格，我们期待更多的美国人在周三晚上看到他。”

下图由提供Statista，说明哪些候选人有资格参加辩论。

第九届民主党全国委员会辩论将于2010年举行。

这一发展正值这位亿万富翁的民主党竞争对手随着他在民调中的上升，继续加大对他的记录的批评，在他担任纽约市长期间，他的民主党总统候选人伙伴们不断抨击他受到广泛谴责的拦截和搜身政策。

周日，克罗布加勒斯特在美国有线电视新闻网的节目中抨击了彭博联盟状况对达娜·巴什说，她没有“卷入其他州的一些有争议的问题，比如拦截和搜身”

“我明白这是违反宪法的，”她补充道，明显是在拍彭博。

这位亿万富翁计划参加周三辩论的消息很可能会受到克罗布加勒斯特的欢迎，她也在周日表示，她是“站在辩论舞台上支持他的人”

“我认为你不应该躲在电波和巨额广告购买背后。他必须参加这些节目，”她说。“我也支持他进入辩论阶段。我知道我无法在电视上击败他，但我可以在辩论舞台上击败他，因为我相信我的候选资格的理由更加充分。”

克洛布查尔并不是唯一一个抨击布隆伯格决定资助自己的竞选并向广告投入数十亿美元的人。

2020年2月12日，田纳西州纳什维尔，民主党总统候选人前纽约市市长迈克·布隆伯格在竞选集会上发表讲话。

“600亿美元可以买到很多广告，但它不能抹去你的记录，”前副总统乔·拜登在全国广播公司的采访中说会见媒体。

“和迈克尔·布隆伯格有很多可谈的，”他说。”“你们都要像关注我一样关注他，我不是在抱怨，就像过去六个月一样。你要把注意力集中在他身上。他在与非裔美国人社区有关的问题上的立场，从停留和搜身到他谈论[·巴拉克·奥巴马的方式。"

尽管拜登承认布隆伯格在某些问题上是盟友，包括解决枪支暴力问题，但在奥巴马政府执政期间，他指出这位亿万富翁“甚至不会在2008年支持巴拉克”

“他不会支持他。你知道，他支持[·乔治·布什。你知道，在那之前他支持共和党。突然间，他成了他最好的朋友...他不会支持他。”

除了面临对其履历的审查之外，彭博还面临着对民主党全国委员会决定放宽辩论标准的强烈反对，该决定不再要求候选人必须满足捐赠者的要求才能参与。

民主党竞争对手很快注意到，这一决定对拒绝接受捐赠的彭博显然有利。

“他们不应该为了让一个亿万富翁上场而改变规则，”沃伦在推特上发表声明说。

“亿万富翁不应该被允许按照不同的规则来玩——在辩论阶段，在我们的民主制度中，或者在我们的政府中，”她说。

然而现在，不管她和其他民主党候选人喜不喜欢，布隆伯格似乎已经准备好在周三的辩论中与他的对手较量。

新闻周刊已经联系了民主党总统候选人的竞选团队进行评论。

这篇文章已经更新了NPR/公共广播公司新闻一小时/玛丽斯特民意测验的更多信息，以及迈克·布隆伯格竞选团队的声明。这篇文章被更新为包含一个信息图表。

MAJOR PRIMARY DEBATE SHAKE-UP AS MIKE BLOOMBERG QUALIFIES TO JOIN STAGE

Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has secured a spot on the stage of Wednesday's Democratic primary debate, with a poll released today giving the billionaire the final push he needed to qualify.

Until now, Bloomberg has not qualified for a debate in the Democratic presidential race. However, after a recent change in qualification rules removing the requirement for individual donors, the former New York mayor was given the chance to qualify for the upcoming Nevada debate.

The only catch was that the billionaire needed to top 10 percent in at least one more national poll.

On early Tuesday morning, Bloomberg more than achieved that goal, with a poll from NPR, PBS NewsHour and Marist seeing him claim 19 percent of support.

Bloomberg was second only to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who led with a sweeping 31 percent of support in the new poll, which saw 1,416 adults surveyed from February 13 to February 16.

Meanwhile, former Vice President Joe Biden was behind with 15 percent, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren with 12 percent, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar with 9 percent, while former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg came away with 8 percent of support.

For Bloomberg, the new poll sees the candidate meet qualification requirements for a candidate to have won at least one delegate in the first two contests, have four national polls giving them 10 percent or more of support or have two state polls from either Nevada or South Carolina giving the candidate 12 percent of more of support.

The new development brings a major shake-up to Wednesday's debate, as, so far, candidates have not had the chance to duel with Bloomberg on stage.

On Tuesday morning, Bloomberg's campaign manager Kevin Sheekey said the former New York mayor planned to rise to the challenge.

In a statement released shortly after the poll's results were published, Sheekey said the results were proof of the "groundswell of support across the country" Bloomberg's campaign appears to have attracted.

"Qualifying for the February 19 debate is the latest sign that Mike's plan and ability to defeat Donald Trump is resonating with more and more Americans," Sheekey said.

"Mike is looking forward to joining the other Democratic candidates on stage and making the case for why he's the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump and unite the country," he asserted. "The opportunity to discuss his workable and achievable plans for the challenges facing this country is an important part of the campaign process."

"Since Mike launched his campaign 13 weeks ago, he's met with voters in 25 states and 62 cities," Sheekey asserted. "Our crowds continue to grow, and our coalition continues to broaden. There's a desire in every corner of this country for a proven leader, for someone who will stand up to bullies and special interests and get things done. That person is Mike Bloomberg, and we look forward to more Americans seeing that on Wednesday night."

The graphic below, provided by Statista, illustrates which candidates have qualified for the debate.

Ninth DNC debate canidates.

The development comes as the billionaire's Democratic rivals have continued to ramp up criticisms of Bloomberg's record as he rises in the polls, with fellow Democratic presidential candidates honing in on his widely condemned stop-and-frisk policy during his time as New York mayor.

Klobuchar hit out at Bloomberg on Sunday in an appearance on CNN's State of the Union, noting to Dana Bash that she has not been "involved in some of the controversial issues in other states, like stop and frisk."

"I understand that that is unconstitutional," she added, in an apparent shot at Bloomberg.

The news that the billionaire plans to join Wednesday's debate will likely be well-received by Klobuchar, who also said on Sunday that she is an "advocate for him coming on the debate stage."

"I don't think you should be able to hide behind airwaves and huge ad buys. He has to come on these shows," she said. "And I also am an advocate for him coming on the debate stage. I know I'm not going to be able to beat him on the airwaves, but I can beat him on the debate stage, because I believe my argument for my candidacy is so much stronger."

Klobuchar is far from alone in attacking Bloomberg over his decision to finance his own campaign and funnel billions into advertising.

Democratic presidential candidate former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg delivers remarks during a campaign rally on February 12, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.

"$60 billion can buy you a lot of advertising, but it can't erase your record," former Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on NBC's Meet The Press.

"There's a lot to talk about with Michael Bloomberg," he said. " "You all are going to start focusing on him like you have on me, which I'm not complaining, like you have on me the last six months. You're going to focus on him. His position on issues relating to the African American community, from stop and frisk to the way he talked about [Barack] Obama."

While Biden acknowledged that Bloomberg had been an ally on certain issues, including addressing gun violence, during the Obama administration's time in power he noted that the billionaire "wouldn't even endorse Barack in 2008."

"He wouldn't endorse him. You know, he endorsed [George W.] Bush. He endorsed, you know, the Republican before that. All of a sudden he's his best buddy... and he would not endorse him."

In addition to facing scrutiny over his track record, Bloomberg has also faced backlash over the Democratic National Committee's decision to relax its debate criteria to no longer require candidates to meet donor requirements in order to participate.

As Democratic rivals were quick to note, the decision was of clear benefit to Bloomberg, who has refused to accept donations.

"They shouldn't change the rules to let a billionaire on," Warren said in a Twitter statement following the development.

"Billionaires shouldn't be allowed to play by different rules—on the debate stage, in our democracy, or in our government," she said.

Now, however, whether she and other Democratic hopefuls like it or not, Bloomberg appears ready to take his rivals on in Wednesday's debate.

Newsweek has contacted the campaign teams of Democratic presidential candidates for comment.

This article has been updated with more information on the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, as well as a statement from Mike Bloomberg's campaign team. This article was updated to include an infographic.