>The Economist lamented recently (quoting roughly) that
>Bloomberg "doesn't have a privatization bone in his
>body."
Another fine thing about Bloomberg is that about 8 years ago, when he was first thinking of running for mayor, he visited The Nation's office (!) to talk up himself. He seemed like a very smart guy with a very generous opinion of himself. Eric Alterman brought up that old chestnut, media concentration, and Bloomberg asked him for examples. Eric sputtered a bit, came up with that old story about the Fox TV station in Florida that had fired a couple of reporters, and that was it. Bloomberg badgered him about how weak that was and Alterman had no comeback. It was beautiful to watch. I think I'll vote for him on the strength of that alone.
Doug