[ExTexasRedhead]

Perhaps Bloomberg is counting on his Muslim base to support him as thanks for his supporting the Ground Zero Mosque. Ya think?

[justiceseeker93]

Perhaps Bloomberg is counting on his Muslim base to support him as thanks for his supporting the Ground Zero Mosque.

Maybe I'm not too up-to-date on this, but I've never heard much talk about Muslims as a significant voting bloc in NYC. In addition, Bloomberg has three more years to go in his third term, and he had to bend the law to achieve that third term. At present, it would seem unlikely that he'd be running for a fourth, so electoral support of the NYC Muslims doesn't seem to be a factor here.

Possibly it's more a matter of "making nice" to the Muslims in hopes that they might be deterred from more terrorist acts in NYC.

[justiceseeker93]

If anyone is thinking about Bloomberg as third party candidate for president in ‘12 to boost the ‘Rats’ chances, forget about it. He'd siphon off more votes from the ‘Rats than from the GOP, because, regardless of what he may label himself, he's always been a ‘Rat and has governed in NYC as a ‘Rat.