Clinton vows to win nomination to keep Bloomberg out of race
US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has vowed to win the Democratic Party’s nomination to "relieve" former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg of any thoughts of running for president.
“The way I read what he said is if I didn’t get the nomination, he might consider it,” Clinton told NBC News on Sunday. “Well, I’m going to relieve him of that and get the nomination so he doesn’t have to [run].”
“He’s a good friend of mine, and I’m going to do the best I can to make sure that I get the nomination, and we’ll go from there,” she added.
According to a report, Bloomberg is considering a third-party White House run if race comes down to Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.
The billionaire has advised friends and associates that he would be willing to spend at least $1 billion of his own money on a campaign for the November 2016 election, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing sources briefed on the former mayor's plans.
The 73-year-old magnate has given himself an early March deadline for entering the race after commissioning a poll in December to see how he would fare against Trump and Clinton.
No independent candidate has ever won a US presidential election, but Bloomberg, who has close Wall Street ties and liberal social views, sees an opening for his candidacy if Republicans nominate Trump or Texas Senator Ted Cruz and the Democrats nominate Vermont Senator Sanders, the Times said.
Bloomberg served as mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013. He switched his party affiliation from Republican to independent in 2007 and in recent years has spent millions on national campaigns to tighten US gun laws and reform immigration.
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