Who should Bloomberg choose to be his running mate this time around? [View all]

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In 2016 Bloomberg announced "that he would not run because of the risk it created of Donald Trump being elected." He supported Hillary Clinton as the best candidate to defeat Trump.

This time, thanks to his strong ad campaign, Bloomberg seems to be dominating the 2020 Democratic field.

The most unusual thing about Mike Bloomberg’s shuttered campaign preparations

March 9, 2016 at 12:11 p.m. EST
Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign-that-never-was had put together a few dozen strategists and staffers. It had set up campaign offices in two states. It had produced television ads calling the former New York mayor and financial media titan "no nonsense, non-ideological, centrist, results-oriented."

The New York Times reported it all following Bloomberg's announcement that he would not run because of the risk it created of Donald Trump being elected.

But the most interesting detail about the billionaire's preparations was who Bloomberg was reportedly going to ask to be his running mate.

Michael Mullen, the retired admiral and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had been vetted by Bloomberg's legal team and the two had undergone "extensive talks," the Times reported, with only a formal invitation remaining....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2016/03/09/the-most-unusual-thing-about-mike-bloombergs-shuttered-campaign-preparations/