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
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?
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.
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.
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...
running on the country wide trans fat ban platform...
“A recent poll gave Mr Bloomberg a 73 per cent approval rating among New Yorkers”.
Boy!! More pro-police state republicans!
A third party candidate has absolutely no chance - none! Bloomberg is a liberal. From where will he take votes? From liberal democrats “fed up” with Barak Obama? Why would a liberal vote for Bloomberg when he can have the real thing? Why would a conservative vote for Bloomberg when...you get the idea.
Ross Perot was a phenomenon of his times - we were in the midst of a recession with widespread discontent towards Goerge Bush and government in general.
He wouldn’t attempt it if either Rudy or Hillary were in the race. If it was, say, Obama or Edwards against (your choice of the “lesser” non-NY Republicans — I aint insultin’ anyone candidate) then he might spend the large amounts of cash that a 3rd party organization might need.
Nationally? Not a prayer.
Dang. The Republican candidate doesn’t have a chance of winning New York now.
Bloomberg makes Rudy look like a conservative by comparison. And we’ve already seen more than enough of Rudy.