UPDATE. (Bloomberg run inevitable)
Update#2
Bloomberg Willing To Spend $1B On Possible Presidential Bid
It's going to happen-he's 72 with $30 billion and his clock is running out. It'll be the best thing for Trump. If its Sanders as the Dem's nominee it will be 50 states for GOP
Update; Media continues push concerning viability
Yahoo
"If Bloomberg runs, he’ll be the richest presidential candidate ever"
******************************************************************************From Breitbart
"Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush praised former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today, calling him a “good man” and a “patriot.”
Jeb
Bush: Michael Bloomberg A ‘Good Man’ And A ’Patriot’
During
an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper this morning, Bush was asked
what he thought of the news that Bloomberg was considering entering
the 2016 presidential race.
“Mike
Bloomberg is a good man,” Bush said. “We disagree on a whole lot
of things, but he’s a good person and he’s a patriot and wants
the best for the country.”
When
asked if he would consider supporting Bloomberg if Trump was the
nominee, Bush said it was “not going to happen.”
The
controversial liberal mayor has spent millions of dollars promoting
gun control, and has proposed many nanny
state provisions in
New York City, such as banning sodas over 16 ounces, reducing sodium
levels in food, banning trans-fats, and even to ban loud headphones.
Bush
served as a Bloomberg
Family Foundation director from
March 2010 to 2014, an organization that worked with liberal groups
like Planned Parenthood and the Sierra Club.
In
2015, Bloomberg praised Bush as one of the candidates he thought
would best lead the country as president."
As
you can clearly see, Bloomberg Family Foundation Member Jeb Bush evaded the question as to whether
or not he would not support Donald Trump if he were the
nominee-classic politician speak.
He could have simply
stated "I am a proud Republican running for the Republican
nomination, I believe wholeheartedly I am going
to win but if i didn't I would of course support our proud party's
nominee as I've pledged to do, as has Donald Trump."
But
no, he's left plenty of wiggle room for "I didn't think it was
going to happen but now it has, yes I will join with Mayor Bloomberg
who I respect as a true patriot to save this great country
of ours and etc."
Where are we at with the Bloomberg third party run at this point? There have
been a number of trial balloons floated in the last few
days here and here here and
earlier here These,
mostly east coast media, give a pretty wide examination of the
situation which basically boils down to;
1.
Bloomberg has the money
2.
If any of Trump/Cruz/Sanders are the nominees there could be an
opening for a centrist
The
roots of this go back
to 2010 where,
again,the New York Times and particularly Kathleen Parker floated the
concept and "named names." Hot
Air ran
an aptly titled piece with
insiders background;
"Oh my: New RINO/DINO alliance ready to take America by storm."
That
the possibility of a Bloomberg run is taken
very
seriously this
time is shown by the sharp reaction from left and right-ish with both
Vox and Politico attacking it as a threat to Hillary and
Sanders. Bizarrely the very odd Anthony Weiner whose wife
works for Hillary advises that Bloomberg could win.
Could Bloomberg
win? of
course not. If you scroll down through the link above there are a
series of Electoral College maps which in Bloomberg's best case
scenario show the impossibility of him winning.
What he can do of course is to deny one of the major candidates a win, or throw the election into the House for the Republican majority to choose the Republican candidate as president, which is why the attacks from the left of course.
What he can do of course is to deny one of the major candidates a win, or throw the election into the House for the Republican majority to choose the Republican candidate as president, which is why the attacks from the left of course.
If
Trump is the nominee I would expect Bloomberg to run and for Trump to
win-who knows Trump might even win New York state which would be
beyond ironic. If Sanders is the nominee the Republican victory would
be of epic proportions-quite possibly a 50 state sweep.
If
Jeb (and I want to make it clear by "Jeb" I mean either him or any Establishment Republican of high profile) joins with Bloomberg, which I don't doubt for a second could
happen, the transition for the Republican party from Establishment to
truly populist/conservative would be complete. It is
a consummation devoutly to be wished.
"Run
Mike Run"
See
also my June
article
If Hillary Falters; A Bloomberg Independent Run 2016?
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