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Bloomberg readying for a run at White House
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 5/12/2007 | Toby Harnden

Posted on 05/11/2007 8:09:22 PM PDT by 1066AD

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So, if he did run, who else's candicacy would he hurt the most ?
1 posted on 05/11/2007 8:09:25 PM PDT by 1066AD
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He is a liberal nut,the dems would be hurt bad.


2 posted on 05/11/2007 8:13:02 PM PDT by TLEIBY308
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will he divest himself of his media empire or use it to his own benefit?

he’s just another TWirP, a “centrist” aka Progre$$ive,, let him run and pay the consequences along with the rest of us.. jerk!


3 posted on 05/11/2007 8:13:56 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... In FReeP We Trust ...)
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Yeah, we don’t have enough liberal RINO psycho pro-abort, pro-gun control, pro-control freak candidates in the mix already.


4 posted on 05/11/2007 8:14:07 PM PDT by dirtboy (A store clerk has done more to fight the WOT than Rudy.)
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Hillary and Rudy’s.


5 posted on 05/11/2007 8:14:27 PM PDT by JRochelle (Just say no to the slick crazy bully.)
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To: 1066AD

Another liberal who won’t get my vote.


6 posted on 05/11/2007 8:14:36 PM PDT by Reagan Man (FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
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Trying to play Perot to put another Clinton in the White House. What a clymer.


7 posted on 05/11/2007 8:16:00 PM PDT by peyton randolph (What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal - Albert Pike)
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“signature issues such as environmentalism and gun control.”

Judging but tidbits such as this and his record, I would think that he will siphon more Demo votes that RINO votes.


8 posted on 05/11/2007 8:16:45 PM PDT by ExpatGator (Extending logic since 1961.)
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Mr Bloomberg, 65, would be likely to run as a social liberal and fiscal conservative with signature issues such as environmentalism and gun control.

Both of his signature issues are leftists' darling, so I'd say he will hurt Dims more. I expect, though, Hillary will run as a 'fiscal conservative' candidate, by touting her economic records during the first terms (at the time, they were known as Bill-Hill. Now, Hill-Bill.)

Why didn't Bloomberg run for NY Governor? This guy is delusional if he really believes he could win the presidency.

9 posted on 05/11/2007 8:17:40 PM PDT by paudio
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Bloomberg's got 500 million to spend? Is that a typo? Maybe Hillary(!) will tap him as her runningm mate.
10 posted on 05/11/2007 8:19:43 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (You are my tagline, my only tagline, you make me happy when skies are gray...)
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He must be very full of himself to think he can excite enough people to give him a serious candidicy. Maybe he’s just a legend in his own mind.


11 posted on 05/11/2007 8:20:01 PM PDT by umgud ("When seconds count, the police are just 10 minutes away!")
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To: 1066AD

rich women/men and their toys


12 posted on 05/11/2007 8:21:07 PM PDT by Flavius ("Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
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This would be a good thing for the GOP, in my opinion.

He'll be lucky to get more than 10 Republican votes in most states -- and his support would be strongest in states where the GOP doesn't have a prayer of winning anyway.

13 posted on 05/11/2007 8:21:58 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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Mr Bloomberg, 65, would be likely to run as a social liberal and fiscal conservative with signature issues such as environmentalism and gun control.

Sure sounds like another former NYC mayor we know.

14 posted on 05/11/2007 8:22:49 PM PDT by Doofer (Run Fred Run........)
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The one candidate we could choose who would be torpedoed by Bloomberg would be Rudy Giuliani. Even new yorkers like Bloomberg better than Rudy. Every liberal republican would like him better than Rudy.

The more conservative our candidate, the less we are hurt by Bloomberg. Bloomberg gives “disaffected” liberals a place to vote rather than democrat.


15 posted on 05/11/2007 8:23:08 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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Well put.


16 posted on 05/11/2007 8:24:07 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Just say no to Brady Bunch Republicans.)
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New York City is really dumping some trash into the Republican Party.
17 posted on 05/11/2007 8:26:07 PM PDT by elizabetty ("Al Gore doesn't need to reduce his carbon footprint, he needs to reduce his carbs!" Mitt Romney)
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fwiw a Third Wayvian Movement exists and is eager to succeed, no matter how much it costs the rest of us.

A Centrist’s point of view
Posted By pjsilver on October 28, 2006 3:52 PM
http://www.mypartytoo.com/blog/?storyId=1611

I gave money to Chafee in the primarily but then to Whitehouse in the General; also to 20 other candidates and organizations.

The issue for me is “checks and balance”. I do not trust the Republican leadership to discipline the President.

I invite IMP to consider that an opportunity is opening up to reposition itself to represent the rapidly growing ranks of Centrists and moderates OF BOTH PARTIES. Moderate Republicans have far more in common with Centrist Democrats than they do with the wings of their party. Consider collaborating with the RMSP, Dems for Joe, and even the DLC.

A Centrist movement is imminent.

While the idea of a third Party doesn’t seemt gain much traction, a Centrist Movement aimed at promoting Centrists of either party seems to be a path of far less resistance.

The definition of “Centrist” is becoming more clear: Trans-ideological, pragmatic, semi-secular,

So many prominent personalities are talking like Centrists: Barack Obama, Colin Powell, John Danforth, John Kerrey, Joe Lieberman, Mark Warner, Rudy Guiliani, Michael Bloomberg, Lincoln Chaffee, Michael Dewine, Arnold Schwarenegger, occasionally John McCain, Hillary Clinton,

Michael Bloomberg is spending a small fortune developing a professional organization to promote his Centrist Politics.

You can get ahead of this wave and benefit from it or continue an increasingly disreputable partisanship.


18 posted on 05/11/2007 8:28:22 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... In FReeP We Trust ...)
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That’s my take on it. How friendly is Hillary with him? I know it turned out Perot was actually good friends with Bill pre-1991.


19 posted on 05/11/2007 8:30:55 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn ( If you want on or off the pet and human food and drug ping list let me know)
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Sure sounds like another former NYC mayor we know.

Maybe they should run on the same ticket and let the Republicans nominate a real conservative.

20 posted on 05/11/2007 8:31:24 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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