Bloomberg Quits Republican Party, Cleared For Run
Seen as Prelude to ’08, ‘Although My Plans For Future Haven’t Changed’
A little past 6 p.m. on the evening of June 19, Michael Bloomberg’s press office sent out the following statement:
“I have filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to change my status as a voter and register as unaffiliated with any political party.”
And just like that, all the theories about the Mayor’s independent candidacy for President in 2008 became not so theoretical.
Yes, that innocent-sounding statement was followed by a ritualistic denial by the Mayor about how his plans for the future hadn’t changed.
But what does that mean?
No elected official, it’s fair to presume, is immune to the lures of running for higher office; when the press, the public and a coterie of politicians are egging him on, resistance is futile.
(And honestly, it’s not going to be any easier for the New York press to restrain itself about the increasingly real prospect of a three-way race between Hillary Clinton, Mike Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani.)
Could it be a coincidence that June 15 was the day Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler showed up, according to a source at the board, to meet with the chairman of the New York City Board of Elections to register the change—the same day the Mayor appeared on the cover of Time magazine, leaning up against a smiling Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, over the legend “The New Action Heroes”? (The announcement of the switch was made four days later, shortly after it was reported on the politicker.com blog on this newspaper's web site.)
Or that he’s switching his affiliation even as he maintains a packed out-of-state travel schedule that has, recently, included stops in Oklahoma, Texas, California and (ahem) New Hampshire?
Could the Mayor’s decision to abandon his marriage of convenience with the Republican Party—he enrolled, as New York voters will recall, as an easy and relatively cheap means of gaining access to the ballot for his Mayoral run—possibly represent anything but the first trotting step in his much-talked-about run for President as a self-financed independent?
The answer, from some of the people who know him best, is maybe. Next Page >
This article is frustrating, taking the reader down several pages without ever mentioning the believed purose behind Bloomberg's leaving the Republican Party: this liberal billionaire will run on a third party ticket for the specific purpose of throwing the presidency to Hillary.
It seems like I'm not the only one who thought Bloomberg pulled this stunt to throw the election to Hillary immediately. This isn't even well disguised. I wonder if this piece of work was bribed, coerced by Hillary's people, or is simply doing it to be fawned on by the adoring leftist media.
At this rate 2008 will become one of the most contested with shear number of candidates, maybe we'll also see Mickey Mouse and the USBCELL and Energizer Bunnies contesting as independants....
At least we know Rhinos are not endangered in New York City. At what point in his administration did he demonstrate conservative ideas?
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and the money keeps rolling in to the 'human-caused global warming' scammers.
If this goofball actually runs as an independent, the side he hurts depends on who the republicans run. He'll pull votes from rinos like McCane and Jualianni while taking votes away from the democrat candidate. If republicans run a conservative, Bloomberg will belp the republicans.
Or that he’s switching parties even as he maintains a packed out-of-state travel schedule that has, recently, included stops in Oklahoma, Texas, California and (ahem) New Hampshire?
I'm assuming the "(ahem) New Hampshire" is meant to imply that Bloomberg might have some effect on the New Hampshire primary.
Since when are there primaries for independent candidates?
Also, Bloomberg did not "switch parties" - he left the GOP.
Nice reporting NY Observer.
Bloomberg, Independent mayor from New York City. Lieberman, Independent senator from Connecticut. Stay tuned...
Bloomberg, Independent mayor from New York City. Lieberman, Independent senator from Connecticut. Stay tuned...
That would be quite the ticket! Talk about taking votes away from the dems!
No, unfortunately not....
Michael R. Bloomberg, billionaire, publicly declared himself, "free of control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others".
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