[Zhang Fei]

Some have speculated Bloomberg will spend $100m. I think that's low by a order of magnitude, and that's just for the primary. Bloomberg spent $100m winning and keeping the NY mayoralty over 3 terms. That's well over 10x what all candidates on both sides of the aisle spent, combined. He also spent $80m to swing Congressional seats to the Democrats in 2018.

Bloomberg is reportedly worth $50b. He has been cleaning house at Bloomberg LP, reportedly in preparation to sell the business. I expect he will spend at least $10b, if necessary in 2020. What that buys in media and GOTV terms should be a sight to behold. Can he win the Democratic the way he won the NY mayoralty, by paying for endorsements? It will be interesting to see if he becomes the first presidential candidate to crack $1b in spending during the primary process.

[Impy]

He has plenty going for him, money and support from media types.

But an EX-RINO who is still more moderate than most democrats on several issues is a hard sell for rat primary voters. Rats allocate delegates proportionally so he’d need 50%+1 to be nominated. I have trouble seeing it.

Strong chance of a brokered convention though we’ve though that before.