Schultz Thinks Bloomberg’s Decision Gives Him Opening

“In Dallas last night, Howard Schultz seized on fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s decision not to run for president as a fresh rationale for his own likely bid,” the Washington Post reports.

“The retired Starbucks CEO cited the former New York mayor’s announcement as validation for his theory that the ideological gulf between the two major parties will be so wide in 2020 that an independent candidate like him just might be able to prevail.”

Said Schultz: “The Democrats are pushing an agenda that is extremely so far left that, in my mind, it’s very close to a socialistic agenda. You saw today that one of the great mayors in modern history … decided not to run for president. He looked at the Democratic platform and realized that, as a centrist, he probably could not get the nomination.”