Good Tuesday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing.

And I'm Anna Palmer. We've got the scoop on Mike Bloomberg airing another national TV ad and tying himself closely to Barack Obama.

This one is a 32nd spot entitled Difference and it's chock full of imagery of Bloomberg and Obama.

The timing of this ad is quite interesting,

as it comes in the middle of a massive intra-party squabble between Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders.

More about that in a second. Bloomberg has found plenty of ways to tie himself to Obama,

the most popular Democrat in America. He also has a new 30-second spot with Judge Judy. The LA Times notes that

Bloomberg has spent more than $124 million on advertising in the 14 Super Tuesday states, which is more

than 10 times what his rivals are spending. Also new this morning, Bloomberg has qualified for the NBC,

MSNBC, Nevada Independent Debate Wednesday night in Las Vegas, and he will participate.

Here's where they stand. Bernie Sanders at 31, Bloomberg at 19, second place for Mike Bloomberg,

Joe Biden at 15, Elizabeth Warren at 12, Amy Klobuchar at 9, and Pete Buttigieg at 8.

Our colleagues, Chris Catalago and Sally Goldenberger, are up with a piece on Bloomberg's

debate prep.

Howard Wolfson is playing the role of Bernie Sanders.

Julie Wood is playing Elizabeth Warren.

Senior advisors Mark Levornia and Marsha Hale are standards for Pete Buttigieg and

Amy Klobuchar.

Let's get back to that brawl between Bloomberg and Sanders.

It seems to be the rare internecine fight that benefits everyone involved.

It goes something like this. Bloomberg wax Bernie, delighting the large anti-Burney wing of the party.

Bernie then blast out a fundraising email to his list of millions. He reminds the supporters that

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