Indy Bloomberg
Some speculate he’ll cut into the Democrats. Others think its hurts the GOP. I think he’ll fizzle out, and no one will be much impressed.*
He wants to bridge the political divide. A lot of people will say, yes, that’s very important. We’re so divided as a nation. Politics has become so nasty and partisan. Then they’ll go vote for Hillary or Newt.
*Unless, of course, he doesn’t, and they are. A lot of people went for Ross Perot. Americans seem to love flirting with gazillionnaire candidates. Draft Paris Hilton. It’s not like she has any secret scandals that could blow up the campaign. She’s suffered in captivity, just like John McCain. She found God in there. She can point to charts and stuff. Could be good.
This looks like a vote for Bloomberg as a Demspoiler. Comments from Left Field, enthusiastically: “It’s beginning to sound like Bloomberg/Hagel just took one step closer to becoming a reality!”
But MyDD sees a Hillary boost.
Surber thinks Hill likes it, too. He rounds up a few holding their nose at the idea of a Nanny State 3rd party candidate who wants less liberty, not more, and offers the historical perspective that “Ross Perot was crazy as a loon.”
OK, I’m bored by this vanity run already, but I think I have to go with Left Field. It’s a good thing. Will draw Nanny Staters and Hill-hating anti-war deadenders like flies, and weaken the left. Your pet 3rd party freak show theory in comments, please.
Topics: pols
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 12:14 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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June 20th, 2007 at 1:34 am
He’s the “neither fish nor foul” candidate. Well, maybe a little more foul.
June 20th, 2007 at 7:44 am
He ain’t gonna run for Prez.
He WILL run for NY Gov, and beat Eliot Spitzer’s butt into dust.
June 20th, 2007 at 7:45 am
Oh yeah. His trans-fat ban’s gonna play well down here in the Land of Biscuits ‘n Gravy. Lessee, one mayor of NYC in the ‘08 race re-established order, took on the city union, lowered taxes, told Arafat to get bent, and, oh, yeah, handled 9/11 with a sure and calming hand. The other…banned smoking and trans-fat. I can see how that would be a tough decision.
June 20th, 2007 at 9:33 am
I’ve long had the belief that New York candidates were entirely a creation of the media being based there, but this year was starting to test that faith with no fewer than two credible Noo Yawkers running for national office. Now comes Bloomberg to demonstrate that a rich dislikable liberal Jewish CEO from New York has all the national appeal that Mario Cuomo had toi cowboys in Wyoming or Nelson Rockefeller had for crackers in Florida or John Lindsay had for law-and-order Catholics in Michigan. Why doesn;t he just take $200 million and burn it in a trash can, it’ll amount to the same thing.
June 20th, 2007 at 9:46 am
[...] for Bloomberg, the Republicans are requiring that the Independents also take Chuck Hagel, John McCain, and a RINO to be named [...]
June 21st, 2007 at 2:08 am
Well, at least Bloomberg didn’t claim that the GOP left him!
Bridging the political divide = shopping for a constituency.