Marc Ambinder, whose reporting on the primaries is a must-read, looks at whether Mike Bloomberg could finance the campaign if he were to run as a vice-presidential candidate:
The legal question would be whether the FEC (if we ever have an FEC again) would attribute Bloomberg’s spending as as VP candidate as going towards electing his Presidential running-mate (and therefore would be subject to the contribution limits). It’s a totally open and novel question.
Bloomberg doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy who would want to run as a VP – I don’t think he’ll even get in this race unless he’s very confident he can win. But who knows? It certainly would be an interesting scenario, and a tough one for whoever the nominee is to turn down. Imagine essentially not having to do fundraising as a Presidential candidate. It would turn campaigning on its head.
