In the most unpredictable of presidential seasons . . . Michael Bloomberg?

Seriously? What next? Michael Bloomberg ponders an independent run for president.

Donald Trump has defied conventional campaign logic and has remained at the top of the polls since announcing his candidacy in June 2015. Jeb Bush was the establishment favorite with lots of money behind him and high name ID, but he has struggled to poll out of the single digits since declaring his candidacy. Ted Cruz has survived attacks from inside and outside the Republican Party and remained in the top tier (1, 2, or 3) in most of the polls, while Marco Rubio has slowly moved up in the polls but has not gotten a consistent hold on the top tier. Ben Carson started out as a populist candidate, raised a lot money and was at the top of the polls for a while - but then started to nosedive in the polls after two terrorist attacks, and consecutive unimpressive debate showings. The rest of the Republican field has been fighting it out for the best of the single-digit poll standings, while trying to hang in there until the kickoff of the presidential primaries. On the Democrat side, admitted socialist Bernie Sanders has surprisingly surged past the supposedly unstoppable Hillary Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire, due to a litany of Hillary scandals and her persistent unconvincing pandering to identity group voters.

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And now . . . billionaire Michael Bloomberg is pondering running for president as an independent candidate because Trump is dominating the Republican field, and Bernie Sanders might beat Hillary. As an unnamed Bloomberg adviser told the New York Times the former mayor believes voters want "a non-ideological, bipartisan, results-oriented vision" that neither major party is offering. How does he know what the voters want? Maybe that's what they are expressing with their support of Trump and Sanders. I certainly do not want Sanders in the White House, nor Hillary, but informed voters should decide. I believe the voters want a leader, fighter and winner. But the presidency should not be decided by the battle of the billionaires. I have said from the beginning of this presidential race that a lot of unpredictable things could happen, and they have. But Bloomberg pondering a run is truly a shocker to me. Let's see how this unfolds, because as Yogi Berra popularized the phrase, it ain't over until it's over. Let the voters vote!