Comments on: BLOOMBERG BOLTS GOP - PREPARES FOR VANITY PRESIDENTIAL RUN

By: Pajamas Media

Pajamas Media — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:25:11 +0000

Giuliani’s 9/11 Trap…

“Questions that were arguably glossed over by the 9/11 Commission, about the communications snafus that led to so many firefighters losing their lives, as well as a perceived lack of compassion for workers cleaning up Ground Zero will dog his……

By: Ed T

Ed T — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:45:47 +0000

I agree that:
1) He is a better Mayor than Rudy was.
2) He has little shot at winning as an indep.
3) If he did somehow win he’d have a really tough time handling Congress. And that is the real shame because in my opinion both of the parties need to be gutted and that’s not going to happen unless there are some other viable parties.

By: ed

ed — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:29:36 +0000

If a mayor of New York City running for President is a vanity run, does that include Rudy’s run as well?

While agreeing that making robber baron money is not a prequisite for being an effective politician, it is surely as valuable as not completely tripping over yourself in a time of serious crisis, per Mayor Nagin. That is Rudy’s national claim to fame.

By: Bloomberg Declares His Independence » The American Mind

Bloomberg Declares His Independence » The American Mind — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:52:44 +0000

[...] Rich Moran discounts Bloomberg’s “vanity” campaign because politics and business are different–we do give them different names for a reason: Having the golden touch at making money and governing the United States of America represent two different skill sets. Why we would think that someone successful in business would be able to translate that skill into being able to deal with al-Qaeda? Or reform entitlements? It wonâ€™t wash with the voters. It never has. [...]

By: kreiz

kreiz — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:36:12 +0000

I just don’t see him running, given the overwhelming likelihood that he’ll spend a huge fortune to become Perot II (best case). Perot in 92 was a huge force, and still didn’t exceed 20% of the vote.

By: Fapo

Fapo — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:36:07 +0000

Bloomberg’s Folly…

Rick Moran does a great job taking Bloomberg to the woodshed for his opportunistic leap from the GOP to independent status. He makes a good case against the aristocracy class which is constantly dabbling in political theater and making their……

By: Right Wing

Right Wing — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:51:08 +0000

Bloomberg is just a softer Giuliani. Neither will get my vote

By: Neo

Neo — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:47:06 +0000

The truth be said that Bloomberg is an unknown quantity outside of New York. His major draw are left leaning moderates, not exactly much different from Hiliary.

The use of the term “vanity run” is spot on.

By: Joust The Facts

Joust The Facts — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:26:37 +0000

Bloomberg’s ‘Surprise’…

The Mayor of New York City has abandoned the GOP! Stop the presses! This is just another poke in the eye for George W. Bush, obviously.LOS ANGELES, June 19 â€” Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he was dropping his…

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:21:27 +0000

Then all bets are off and both parties would scramble like hell to keep Bloomberg off the ballot in as many states as possible. Why take the chance that Bloomberg will siphon votes away from your candidate?

Which is exactly the problem. High office was not intended to be the exclusive domain of a two-party duopoly. The fact that the only non-party people able to marginally compete are multi-millionaires says more about the iron-fisted control of the political system by the parties than anything else.

However, I agree that an independent President is unlikely to get much through a Congress that is inherently hostile to anyone who isn’t in the Democrat or Republican club. Of course, one would like to see independents in the House and Senate, but any such candidate that wins will be gerrymandered out of office.

So we will likely be screwed again this election cycle with a choice between to non-candidates that will cause most Americans to choose a the lesser of two evils and not a candidate they truly support. Is it any wonder less than half of Americans even both with elections anymore? Oh wait, that’s by design!