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Bloomberg's Super Tuesday Strategy Appears to Fall Short

Michelle Quinn

   SAN FRANCISCO - With early results in Tuesday night, former New York
   Mayor Mike Bloomberg's path to the White House may have disappeared
   with a weak showing in the 14 states that held primaries.

   As of 10 p.m. EST, Bloomberg's chief competitors for the Democratic
   Party's nomination to compete against President Donald Trump notched
   key wins. Former Vice President Joe Biden was sweeping the South with
   wins in Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama. Senator Bernie
   Sanders won his home state of Vermont as well as Colorado. Still to
   call are big states such as Texas, with 228 delegates, and California,
   with 415 delegates, where Sanders was expected to do well.

   Bloomberg won American Samoa, the U.S. territory, gaining five of its
   six delegates.

   Reuters and other media reported that Bloomberg would consider dropping
   out of the race Wednesday.

   In the past two months, Bloomberg's path to the Democratic nomination
   has been the one to watch. A former Republican and independent,
   Bloomberg's message has been that he is the one who can beat Trump in
   the general election, appealing to moderate and conservative Democrats.

   Entering the race late, Bloomberg skipped the first four states, going
   straight to Super Tuesday, with 1,357 delegates at stake. He reportedly
   spent $600 million of his vast fortune on TV and social media campaign
   ads and built a staff seemingly overnight on the ground in each state.
   He tapped into local mayors and community groups for his support.

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