Are we all just waiting for Mike Bloomberg?

It's just possible that all the drama and confusion at Iowa and the rise of Pete Buttigieg and the Democratic party fear of Bernie Sanders being nominated could lead to a once-thought-unlikely conclusion: the nomination of Mike Bloomberg. He is in a unique position because of his immense wealth. Well ok he was Mayor of New York City for three terms (from 2002 to 2013) which is longer than Buttigieg was mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012-2020). But with at least $60 billion to his name, Bloomberg could buy the White House if it was for sale. He's effectively doing that by spending a fortune on advertising and promotion. It's almost like he's waiting his moment to let the Democratic Party know that he and only he can beat Trump in November. Never mind all the political horse-racing at Iowa, New Hampshire, and later this month, Nevada and South Carolina. Bloomberg is above all that. He hasn't been involved at all but has just kept on spending huge sums to plant his face and views across the nation. So Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders look like being neck and neck again in New Hampshire's primary tomorrow, and the story will be, once again, the demoralisation of Joe Biden. I believe the Bloomberg factor is going to become more and more important if the Sanders bandwagon continues to lead the field or jointly lead it with Buttigieg. Sanders is very popular especially with the young but I don't believe the hierarchy of the Democratic party would put money on him defeating Trump. And that is what it is all about. Sanders is an incredibly well-meaning and thoughtful and basically nice guy but Trump will just destroy him as a socialist nutcase. He will be easy meat for the Trumpites. Bloomberg on the other hand is richer than Trump by many billions and that is something which the president might fear more than anything else. Being rich won't make Bloomberg or anyone else with enormous wealth a good president. But Bloomberg knows what wealth can do, and he could be the man to make the sort of changes that are needed in the United States - the huge divide between rich and poor for a start. Right now there are still too many alternatives for the Democratic nomination but while the likes of Sanders, Biden, Buttigieg, Warren and Klobuchar scrabble around trying to put their noses out in front, Bloomberg remains aloof watching from a distance, calculating when to step in and sweep everyone away. The Bloomberg factor must be intensely annoying for all the other candidates. But it could be the Bloomberg factor which finally decides who wins this race.