The billionaire has prevailed against the odds before and has a massive national campaign at the ready for his presidential bid. Susan Del Percio, a New York–based Republican strategist, weighs in on Bloomberg's presidential bid. Michael Bloomberg would not be running for president if there wasn’t a path — he does not take fliers. He is running a national campaign, opting to skip the early primaries, because his late entry doesn't give him enough time to compete in early states. He likely won't be able to qualify for the debates because he has said he won't take donations, and the Democratic National Committee is requiring candidates to have 200,000 individual donors to make the December debate. But I don’t think Team Bloomberg cares. In fact, it might work in his favor. Bloomberg is not a great debater, and the other candidates would go after him nonstop. This way, he keeps his narrative on his terms. | 
