It was a sad day when Bloomberg purchased the GOP nomination thee times. Actually 4. The first primary day of 2001 was September 11th. They had to redo it for obvious reasons. Bloomberg defeated
Herman Badillo in 2001, Tom Ognibene in 2005 and in 2009 used his power to keep any Republican from seriously contesting his spot, even though Bloomberg was no longer even nominally a Republican.
the NYC centric media keeps saying bloomberg will run independent for president.
NYC delusion state of mind.