Bernie Sanders ‘Confident’ He’d Win Over Michael Bloomberg

If, on the other hand, Hillary Clinton looks poised to win the Democratic nomination, the odds that Bloomberg will run drop to close to zero, the friend said. ‘And I think he might very well get in the race and I would love to have him in the race’.

“He’s a good friend of mine”, Clinton said.

Saturday, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump welcomed an independent bid by Michael Bloomberg, predicting that he “would do very well” against the former New York City Mayor.

“Mike Bloomberg for president rests on the not impossible but somewhat unlikely circumstance of either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz versus Bernie Sanders”, former Pennsylvania governor Edward G. Rendell and Bloomberg’s friend explained. Trump said Bush’s mother won’t be able to negotiate with the Islamic State (ISIS) for her son.

“Michael takes out a pen and writes a billion-dollar check just like you and I would write a $100 check”, he said. “I would love for Michael to do it”, Trump said.

The Wall Street Journal reports Mr Bloomberg, 73, has retained a consultant to help him run on the independent ballot in state primaries.

The former Democrat who was elected mayor three times as a Republican now is not enrolled in any political party and would run as an independent for the White House. The decision would largely depend on the vote he can gather from both the Republican and the Democratic parties.

Mr Trump is considered too much of a loose cannon for many moderate Republicans while socialist contender Bernie Sanders could upset front-runner Hillary Clinton, whose popularity is waning.

“I don’t think she’s going to blow it this year. I would love for Michael to do it”, Trump said in an interview with CNN on 25 January. Whether Bloomberg could win the race, and whether he would leech more votes from the Democratic or Republican candidate, is unclear.

Part of Bloomberg’s motivation to enter the race stems from a frustration with Clinton’s campaign, the source said. “He’s very opposite on me with guns and he’s opposite on pro-life and he’s opposite on a lot of things”. We’ll see if he does right now.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie also refused to weigh in on a potential Bloomberg run, saying that the former New York City mayor was not in the race yet and it was not necessary to decide how his candidacy might alter the election.

Sanders is leading in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire.