Article snippet: Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is considering a late entry into the Democratic presidential race, according to two people familiar with Patrick’s thinking, potentially adding another name to an already unsettled primary field less than three months before the Iowa caucus. One person familiar with Patrick’s thinking said he is “strongly considering” running and may announce his decision this week. This person also said Patrick had reached out to former vice president Joe Biden to let him know he was weighing the move. A second person said an announcement from Patrick could come Thursday. The New York Times, which first reported Patrick’s deliberations, said the former governor has told Democratic officials that none of the current Democrats running for president has sufficient political momentum. That’s a concern echoed among some party elites, who are hand-wringing behind the scenes about the shakiness of early frontrunner Biden and worry that his liberal challengers, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, would run too far to the left to be electable against President Trump. Former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg is also worried about the field and weighing a run, his advisers confirmed. The window for Patrick’s decision is rapidly closing. He has already missed the deadline to be on the ballot in Alabama, a Super Tuesday state; the deadline for Arkansas, another such state, is Tuesday; and the deadline to get on the ba... Link to the full article to read more