Georgia, Texas, Iowa, and Ohio

Texas and Georgia have demographic changes and are changing from red to purple. They may be changing faster than the national demographic changes. In 2018, selected Democratic statewide candidates lost, but made it close. Iowa and Ohio used to be bellwether states, but both are loaded with Trump-friendly voters. They are two of the states Trump most outperformed with in 2016 - and won by margins close to 10%. They are both in the northern belt with a high number of Obama-to-Trump voters. I don't think either Iowa or Ohio have growing urban areas, which are where the Democrats have the best opportunity to grow votes.

I think Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, and Texas are all a bridge too far for Democrats. But if the news media call Ohio for Biden, the rout will be on.

It doesn't help Trump if he needs to defend states like these, some of which are very expensive media markets.

Bloomberg isn't just going to hand a load of money to the DNC. As billionaires do, he wants to run his own operation. He hasn't explained what he wants to do. But he wants access to Democratic data, including voter lists.

Democrats are hesitant to provide the lists because they don't know his intentions for 2021 and beyond. After all, he is not a Democrat.

So, there's a bit of a standoff. I'd like him to write a billion-dollar check to the Lincoln Project and be done with it. But it's his money.

I'm not justifying the concern, just explaining why Bloomberg's largesse may have been stalled.