michael bloomberg billionaire former mayor new york city say consider run u.s. president 2016 financial time report monday 73-year-old founder eponymous financial information group critical quality debate presidential contest say look options ask whether consider run newspaper say find level discourse discussion distressingly banal outrage insult voters bloomberg tell financial time interview add u.s. public deserve lot good bloomberg tell aid draw plan independent campaign u.s. presidency source familiar situation tell reuters jan. 23 confirm report new york time would will spend least billion money campaign november 2016 election accord source speak condition anonymity discuss former mayor think bloomberg give early march deadline enter race source say commission poll december see would fare donald trump hillary clinton republican democratic front-runners third-party candidate ever u.s. presidential election bloomberg close wall street tie liberal social view see open candidacy republicans nominate trump texas senator ted cruz democrats nominate vermont senator bernie sanders source say recent reuters/ipsos poll show third-party presidential run bloomberg would long shoot could help real estate mogul donald trump land republican nomination matchup trump clinton add bloomberg name ballot would trim clinton lead trump six percentage point 10 accord poll conduct jan. 23 jan. 27. matchup pit trump versus sanders add bloomberg would erode sanders lead trump seven point 12 poll result show matchups bloomberg would land 10 percent less vote november 73-year-old financial information industry billionaire earn reputation social liberal strong wall street tie time new york city mayor consider white house run years additional report dustin volz steve holland washington chris kahn new york report eric walsh washington edit andrew hay sap sponsor content independently create reuters editorial staff fund part sap otherwise role coverage former nyc mayor bloomberg say eye 2016 run president ft