The Independent View: Michael Bloomberg to File for Alabama 2020 Presidential Primary

Michael Bloomberg Is Expected to File for the Alabama 2020 Presidential Primary. He is actively Preparing to Enter the Democratic Presidential Primary and is expected to file Paperwork this week Designating Himself as a Candidate in Alabama. The First State with a Filing Deadline.

Bloomberg, the Former New York City Mayor and Billionaire Businessman, has been Privately weighing a Bid for the White House for weeks and has Not yet made a Final Decision on whether to Run.

But in the First Sign that he is seriously moving toward a Campaign, Bloomberg has Dispatched Staffers to Alabama to gather Signatures to Qualify for the Primary there.

Though Alabama does Not Hold an Early Primary, it has a Friday, Nov.8th, Deadline for Candidates to Formally enter the Race.

Should Bloomberg proceed with a Campaign, it could Represent a Seismic Disruption in the Democratic Race.

With his Immense Personal Wealth, Centrist Views, and Close Ties to the Political Establishment, he would Present a Grave and Instantaneous Threat to Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has been Struggling to Raise Money and Assemble a Ideologically Moderate Coalition.

But Bloomberg could also Reshape the Race in other ways, Intensifying the Democrats’ Existing Debates about: Economic Inequality, Corporate Power, Climate Change and Renewable Energy, and something missing, International Issues.

Bloomberg has Repeatedly Expressed Discomfort with Certain Policies favored by both Warren and Sanders.

Howard Wolfson, a Close Adviser to Bloomberg, said on Thursday that the Former Mayor viewed President Trump as an “unprecedented threat to our nation,” and noted Bloomberg’s Heavy Spending in the 2018 Midterm Elections and this week’s Off-year Races in Virginia.

Bloomberg, he said, has grown Uneasy about the Existing Trajectory of the Democratic Primary.

During my 12 years as an Elected Official in New York City, I worked on All Three of his Mayoral Campaigns, and Collected Petition Signatures in my District, the 73rd Assembly District, the Eastside of Manhattan.