Posted on 05/11/2007 4:32:16 PM PDT by Stoat
Delusions of grandeur alert
It’s a pretty poorly kept secret.
I hope he runs. He’ll take votes from the RAT.
Maybe he can team up with Texas Governor Rick Perry - Both Perry and Bloomberg are former Democrats who turned Republican, and both seem to be headed back towards their Democrat roots...
ugh
His voice when talking to the media may be enough!
I am not a smart man,, but I am smart enough to know this guy does not have a chance!
It’s amazing what money and ego can conjure up. Oh well, it’s Bloomberg’s money. If he needs this to massage his ego I don’t see how he’s going to draw from the Republican base. He’s counting on the “moderates” and his politics are closer to the Dems than Republicans so he’s going to hurt them more.
Bloomberg a centrist? McCain and Romney conservative? What is this author on?
"Suspecting that TX Angel is not the world's biggest Mike Bloomberg fan"
That’s pretty scary. He bought himself the mayoralty (after having changed parties, of course, since the Dem field was full and no one wanted to vote for a Dem anyway) and I’m sure he’d be able to buy the presidential candidacy, too. Especially now that the WSJ has come out and told Republicans to “just get over it” on abortion. In other words, we’re just supposed to be Dems with a different name. So I don’t think this is quite as far-fetched as it seems, alas.
Our British Friends have a 'different' way of looking at things :-)
I think he would take away twice as many DemocRAT as Republican votes. He could possibly draw off enough votes in New York to cause the Republican candidate to carry New York.
Shades of Ross Perot!
Call me paranoid but I remember the last time a megalomaniacal billionaire ran as a third part candidate. Couldn’t get himself elected but we ended up with Clinton. Let’s hope history doesn’t repeat.
Not true! You found your way past the swamps and viper-pits and made it to Free Republic....that counts for a lot :-)
You know, I might rather have him than Giuliani. Socially they’re pretty much six of one half a dozen of the other, but Bloomberg really does seem more competent and a more effective leader. He’s done a good job in NYC and he is good about taking responsibility for mistakes and failures that occur on his watch. Obviously he’s weak on all the issues Rudy is weak on, but then Giuliani is allegedly leading polls, so...
If anything Bloomberg would sink the DemocRAT ticket.
running on the country wide trans fat ban platform...
“A recent poll gave Mr Bloomberg a 73 per cent approval rating among New Yorkers”.
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