This would suggest that Murdoch (owner of Fox) is NOT a supporter of Mr. Trump?! Why, that’s just unbelievable! He wants Bloomberg to jump in as what? Independent? Wouldn’t that take votes away from Hitlery? I can’t see any Trump supporters jumping over to Bloomberg.
Bloomberg became NYC mayor on the GOP ticket. NYC Republicans amount to 13% of its voters. Bloomberg presumably won a majority of their votes, and a fair chunk of Democratic votes, against the Democratic nominee. He spent $650m on becoming mayor and simply donating money to get things done as mayor that he couldn't get appropriated by the City Council, while taking $1 a year in salary. I expect he will outspend both parties combined by billions to run for office. Total campaign spending by Obama and Romney amounted to $1b. Bloomberg is worth $40b via his financial data service (Bloomberg) which, from a zero base, went on to crush his rivals Reuters and Thomson.
His gun control stance would hurt him with Republicans. I think he would draw more democrats than Republicans too.
The only downside to a Bloomberg entry as an independent, is that Bloomberg can spend a lot on advertising trying to take down Trump. But would the rats need bloomberg to do this. Bloomberg could do negative advertising leaving Hillary to look like the only one not duking it out.
"Some of the policies Bloomberg advocates parallel those of either the Democratic or the Republican party platform. He is socially liberal or progressive, supporting abortion rights, same-sex marriage, strict gun control measures, and citizenship for illegal immigrants, for example. On economics, foreign, and domestic issues, Bloomberg tends to be conservative. He opposed a timeline for withdrawal from the Iraq War, and criticized those who favored one. Economically, he supports government involvement in issues such as public welfare, while being strongly in favor of free trade, pro-business, and describing himself as a fiscal conservative because he balanced the city's budget.[77] Environmentally, he believes man-made climate change is real. Bloomberg has been cited for not allowing many emergency officials who responded to the September 11, 2001, attacks to attend the tenth anniversary observation of that day.[78] He also is at odds with many around the United States for not inviting any clergy to the ceremony marking the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.[79]" - Wikipedia
I know. This helps republican.