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Title: Bloomberg seriously considering White House bid, source says
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URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/polit ... hael-bloomberg-president-2016/
Published: Jan 23, 2016
Author: Karl de Vries and Kevin Bohn, CNN
Post Date: 2016-01-23 12:24:52 by Ada
Keywords: None
Views: 601
Comments: 22

Will Mike Bloomberg run as a third-party candidate?

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, a source familiar with Bloomberg's thinking told CNN on Saturday.

The 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 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 of the GOP field, and he's also eyed a run as Sanders has mounted a serious challenge to Clinton.

This source, however, did not discuss the poll's findings.

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Enter email address Subscribe Ohio governor and Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich told CNN in New Hampshire Saturday that he isn't worrying about Bloomberg's plans, but added that he likes the mayor.

"I just worry about doing my thing and we'll see what happens. But, you know, he was a good mayor of New York, and if he wants to run, it will probably stimulate the debate. I'm all in favor of that," Kasich said.

RELATED: Bloomberg for President?

White House whispers surrounding Bloomberg, a longtime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party to seek the NYC mayoralty in 2001, but who ran for his third term as an independent, are not new, and he remains a nationally recognized political figure.

He launched a research effort into his chances as an independent ahead of the 2008 campaign before ruling out a bid early in the primary fight. He waited until November to endorse President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012, citing climate change in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

And last year, the New York Post reported that New York Democrats approached Bloomberg to gauge his interest in a presidential run.

Lately, he has earned conservatives' ire with his push for greater gun control, and the National Rifle Association launched an ad campaign over the summer accusing him of using his personal fortune to try and strip people of their individual rights and freedoms.

CNN's Cassie Spodak contributed to this report.

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#1. To: Ada (#0) (Edited)

Great. Just what we need, another New York billionaire candidate. /sarc

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AND a Jue to boot. (Would love to.)

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