Blooming candidacy

June 25th, 2007 - Tags: 2008 Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton - Comments Off

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There has been much giddy speculation in Washington that incumbent New York mayor Michael Bloomberg may soon throw his hat into the ring and run for President of the United States. Bloomberg, a liberal former Democrat turned Republican, loudly dropped out of the GOP on June 19th, denouncing the present state of partisan politics in America. The media has since jumped all over this move as a fairly clear sign that Mayor Mike intends to run as an independent candidate in ’08.

Bloomberg is very rich, and could run a strong campaign quite easily. As a fiscal conservative who is more liberal on social issues than most leading Democrats, his entry could likewise hurt both parties. Problem is, Bloomberg is still officially undeclared, and denounces all the rumors that he will run. Of course, we saw the same sort of coy behavior from another prominent New York politician a while back….

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