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A Thread Not About Ron Paul

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New York Times, December 31

Buoyed by the still unsettled field, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is growing increasingly enchanted with the idea of an independent presidential bid, and his aides are aggressively laying the groundwork for him to run.

On Sunday, the mayor will join Democratic and Republican elder statesmen at the University of Oklahoma in what the conveners are billing as an effort to pressure the major party candidates to renounce partisan gridlock.

Former Senator David L. Boren of Oklahoma, who organized the session with former Senator Sam Nunn, a Democrat of Georgia, suggested in an interview that if the prospective major party nominees failed within two months to formally embrace bipartisanship and address the fundamental challenges facing the nation, “I would be among those who would urge Mr. Bloomberg to very seriously consider running for president as an independent.”

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I remember hearing rumors that Bloomberg and Hagel might run on a centrist ticket, but when Hagel said no the rumors died down. Next Ross Perot or media sensation? What's Bloomberg's angle here?
 
ZenFountain said:
I remember hearing rumors that Bloomberg and Hagel might run on a centrist ticket, but when Hagel said no the rumors died down. Next Ross Perot or media sensation? What's Bloomberg's angle here?
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A Mike Bloomberg/Jerry Seinfeld ticket would be prefect.
 
Does anyone know Bloomberg's positions on anything? Or is everyone just excited for some billionare to toss their hat in the ring on a lark? Sort of like the "None of the above" option for voting for President :p .
 
Tsukasa Buddha said:
Does anyone know Bloomberg's positions on anything? Or is everyone just excited for some billionare to toss their hat in the ring on a lark? Sort of like the "None of the above" option for voting for President :p .
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Bloomberg's position is he wants to be President of the United States.
 
I know what he's done for NYC. While I've disagreed with him on a lot of issues, I'd say he's been over all positive. Although, I really don't know if he feels his policies here would work on a national level. I wonder if he'd continue to not accept many of the perks that come with public office (his salary as mayor is $1 and I think he still uses his own transportation).

If I had to guess, I'd say he'd be a Democrat in the line of Leiberman. Overall, he's pretty left except for his support of Israel (but he hasn't done anything to go as far as Leiberman yet) and he'd probably be more corporate friendly(ok not exactly like Lieberman).
 
Bloomberg was yet another technocrat. I think the sees what Romney, Richardson, Giuliani are going through to try to win primaries and said "eff that".

I'd like to see a technocrat win for once and do a good job. The last technocrat president was Jimmy Carter and we see how well he did.
 
Donal said:
I know what he's done for NYC. While I've disagreed with him on a lot of issues, I'd say he's been over all positive. Although, I really don't know if he feels his policies here would work on a national level. I wonder if he'd continue to not accept many of the perks that come with public office (his salary as mayor is $1 and I think he still uses his own transportation).

If I had to guess, I'd say he'd be a Democrat in the line of Leiberman. Overall, he's pretty left except for his support of Israel (but he hasn't done anything to go as far as Leiberman yet) and he'd probably be more corporate friendly(ok not exactly like Lieberman).
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So let’s make it a Bloomberg/Leiberman ticket.
 
corplinx said:
Bloomberg was yet another technocrat. I think the sees what Romney, Richardson, Giuliani are going through to try to win primaries and said "eff that".

I'd like to see a technocrat win for once and do a good job. The last technocrat president was Jimmy Carter and we see how well he did.
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Will Bloomberg bring peace to the Middle East the way JC did?
 
Tsukasa Buddha said:
Does anyone know Bloomberg's positions on anything? Or is everyone just excited for some billionare to toss their hat in the ring on a lark? Sort of like the "None of the above" option for voting for President :p .
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He would certainly take the wind out of Ron Paul's sails if he runs.
He can outspend Paul Ten to One in a indie contest and still not exhaust his petty cash fund.
 
I think it would be interesting. He's an independent that isn't coming out of left field that people only learn about from Jay Leno.

He's held a major office, not some House seat from a small district in a fringe region. He had a public history before running for office. He's got a lot of friends with serious weight. He wields tons of influence.

I think he should run. He'd lose because he'd be going headlong against the two parties. However, this would get him out there and even more influence for a 2012 run.

Maybe if Hillary gets the Dem nod, he can take her Senate seat and build himself up some more.
 
I wonder if he'd continue to not accept many of the perks that come with public office (his salary as mayor is $1 and I think he still uses his own transportation).
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Does he use his politial position to further his monetary position?
 
I have the impression he's not really interested in money any more. A billion dollars is an awful lot of money for a private individual to have control of. As long as he gets to have whatever material things he wants, I suspect he doesn't much care. The things he wants now can't be bought, I suspect.

On the minus side, he's certainly pro-business, and I suspect he's considerably to the right of anyone I'm going to vote for in this lifetime.

And he isn't getting elected in this election cycle, either, not with a war going on.
 
Well, he is socially liberal. And he's passed some measures that have pissed off the local bussinessmen. He ran as a Republican for mayor simply because the Democrat ticket was full. It had 4 or five career politicians that had all run before and were dividing the pull within the party. The Republicans had no one of note after Guiliani and had pretty much abandoned that election.

And, unlike many people on both sides of the imaginary "Left/Right" scale he made his own fortune rather than inheriting or marrying into it.

That said, I think you're right about this election cycle. As I said before, I think his best bet is to see if Hillary gets the nod as the Democratic candidate(which would probably cause her to resign her Senate seat) and gun for her job. His term as mayor ends at the end of next year. If she doesn't, he can simply run against Chuck Schumer and win his Senate seat.
 
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Does he use his politial position to further his monetary position?
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Not that I am aware of. It seems most of what he focuses on are social issues, so its not going to have a direct impact on reporting the stock market.
 
Just out of curiosity, how much play does he get in the media outside of New York? How easily would he be recognized?
 
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