[Alberta's Child]

I think the author is of the opinion that Bloomberg can’t win the nomination outright, so he will need to secure the nomination at a brokered convention — and “stopping Sanders” is almost certainly necessary for him to do that.

[Zhang Fei]

[I think the author is of the opinion that Bloomberg can’t win the nomination outright, so he will need to secure the nomination at a brokered convention — and “stopping Sanders” is almost certainly necessary for him to do that.]

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Certainly. But stopping Sanders was never his primary goal, but merely a stepping stone for his personal quest for the presidency. He saw Biden falter, and proceeded to use what he hoped would be the cadaver of the Biden campaign to elevate himself to the White House.