Several news stories on February 8 report that Michael Bloomberg himself recently said publicly that he is thinking of being an independent presidential candidate in 2016. This story is somewhat different than last month’s news stories, which were on based on the statements of other individuals close to Bloomberg. Here is one of the February 8 stories. Also see this story.
So far the primary season, majority party-wise, has been interesting. And with the Libertarians and Greens in competitive primaries it has been very interesting.
If Bloomberg entered the race as an independent it would be enthralling. And I think he will at least announce such a move to test polling support along with the associated media exposure.