Posted on 01/23/2016 2:57:22 PM PST by Titus-Maximus
Washington (CNN)Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seriously considering a possible independent presidential run and is looking at making a decision sometime in March, two sources familiar with Bloomberg's thinking told CNN on Saturday.
One source said aides to the three-term mayor are looking at ballot access issues, but the source refused to speak specifically about what Bloomberg, 73, asked to be done.
The source added that Bloomberg sees the Republican and Democratic presidential races as becoming increasingly polarized, and neither fits Bloomberg's views. But Bloomberg, who has flirted with Oval Office aspirations in the past, is serious about a possible candidacy, the source insisted.
A decision will have to be made by the first week of March, likely before it's clear who the Democratic and Republican nominees are, because of the process to get on ballots for the November election.
A spokesman for the former mayor declined to comment.
News of Bloomberg's consideration was first reported Saturday morning by The New York Times, which said the media mogul would be willing to spend $1 billion of his own money on a White House bid.
A source close to the former mayor has previously told CNN that Bloomberg would seriously consider entering the race if it appeared Donald Trump or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz would face Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the general election.
RELATED: Bloomberg commissioned poll to test 2016 waters, source says
Last month, the media mogul commissioned a poll to see how he would fare as a third-party candidate against Trump and Hillary Clinton, the respective Republican and Democratic presidential front-runners, the source close to the former mayor told CNN. The poll was requested after Bloomberg saw Trump's meteoric rise to the top
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I think this comes from Bloomberg’s enormous ego.
He made billions with Bloomberg terminals, and believes he is a god, took extra terms as NY mayor as politicians somehow voted to allow it.
He has more money than Trump.
He doesn’t think citizens should be allowed to own guns.
He’d better because the DNC certainly doesn’t want to be aligned with a devout, self professed SOCIALIST. And that SOCIALIST is going to be the only Democrap on the 2016 presidential ticket once Hillary backs out...........
He long since proved the Peter Principle.
Dems doing to Bernie what House did to the conservative when they wanted a RINO. Acting like Bernie doesn’t exist, rigging rules, doing whatever it takes to have their pick.
I hope this degenerate spends all of his ill-gotten money on his run.
I don’t get it, how can Sanders run as an Independent and be on the Democrat stage? And then Bloomberg runs as an Independent? Does he get Dem funds? If not, what is Sanders getting it?
Bloomberg: “If I win, I will ban all salt from this country.”
Bloomberg is what Cruz is thinking about when he says “New York values.”
Now that’s delusional, big time.
The Battlestar begins to slowly power up.
Jay-Z is next. The (D)onald has shown those who think they have a cult of personality anything is possible.
I guess Bernie and Hillary are just too week on gun control. Go for it Bloomie, get those damned guns off the streets.
Do it do it do it - it’ll cut into the gun-grabber bloc. And people that can’t stand large sodas.
He does have a lot of money. Probably much more than Trump.
Run, Mike, run!
Your candidacy should clear the air once and for all about the attitudes people have towards guns.
And every vote you get will be subtracted directly from Bernie Sanders.
I do not see a down side here.
Why does he want to run? We already have two devout Communist running as DEMS and an narcissist egomaniac running as a Republican. What’s his campaign slogan? The more the merrier?
No, I would think his slogan would be Dump Trump.
I hope he runs and spends boodles of his own money on his campaign.
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