Billionaire Mark Cuban spiced up the political debate this week when he dropped out of Shark Tank and sold a majority share in the Dallas Mavericks basketball franchise.
Long considered a potential outside presidential candidate, the one-two punch raised speculation that he was turning his attention to politics. Betting sites even boosted his odds of entering the race from 250-1 to 8-1.
“Such a late entry would be very unlikely to find much success,” said Josh Putnam, who runs the site FrontloadingHQ, which charts the political schedule. “That window is rapidly closing and would most likely be a play for enough delegates in late contests to make a feeble play at the convention. That is pretty far-fetched at this point.”
Political consultant Rick Shaftan told Secrets that the deadline for any new candidate to get in the race is closing fast. On the Democratic side, he said, Christmas is a do-or-die deadline.