"I'm in it to win it"

Bloomberg Bets $500 Million On Super Tuesday Wins

No matter what happens on Super Tuesday, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has already made history.

The billionaire philanthropist and businessman has run the most expensive self-funded campaign ever, crossing the $500 million mark in ad spending alone in the days before Tuesday's contests.

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[H]e also signaled in an interview on FOX News on Monday, that even if he doesn't win in upcoming primaries he has another path to the nomination – a contested convention.

"The most likely scenario for the Democratic Party is that nobody has a majority — it goes to a convention where there's horse trading and everybody decides to compromise," Bloomberg said. 

He added "it doesn't even have to be the leading candidate; it could be the one with a smaller number of delegates." 

He said the rules say you can "swap votes and make deals."

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Bloomberg victories in any number of Super Tuesday states would almost certainly keep him in the race and scramble the math for clinching the Democratic nomination. 

One sign of confidence: He plans to spend Tuesday campaigning in Florida ahead of the state's March 17 contest. 

However, failure to win a single state — for a campaign that staked it all on Super Tuesday — would likely leave Bloomberg with no viable path to the nomination and calls for him to drop out of the race.

"I'm in it to win it," Bloomberg said Monday at a campaign stop in Northern Virginia.

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Regardless, Bloomberg's role in 2020 is expected to continue. 

He has pledged to continue to spend money to elect whoever is the nominee — even if it is Sanders.