Suddenly there appear to be several late entrants in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The most serious so far is former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg who has filed for the ballot in Alabama and Arkansas and who intends to skip the early contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada in order to concentrate on the more populous and delegate rich states that have primaries on Super Tuesday.
Can this work? History says no. CONT.
Elaine Kamarck, Brookings Institution