President Bloomberg?

It's time to take him seriously

Michael Bloomberg.
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All of a sudden, we have to take Mike Bloomberg's presidential candidacy seriously.

Just how seriously remains to be seen: He isn't on the ballot for Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, so he hasn't had to face voters quite yet. But with former Vice President Joe Biden's candidacy looking iffy, and with a sense of alarm growing among Democratic activists, the former mayor of New York City is starting to seem plausible. A new Quinnipiac poll on Monday showed him "surging" into third place among Democratic candidates — and into second place with African-American voters who had been supporting Biden. It is time to earnestly consider the possibility that Bloomberg will be the Democratic nominee for president.

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Joel Mathis, The Week US

Joel Mathis is a writer with 30 years of newspaper and online journalism experience. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic and The Kansas City Star. His awards include best online commentary at the Online News Association and (twice) at the City and Regional Magazine Association.