[lbo-talk] TNR: Bloomberg for President

[ravi]

At around 1/7/06 1:26 pm, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Jul 1, 2006, at 12:47 PM, ravi wrote:
> 
>> This was way too long for my short attention span, so can someone tell
>> me if I got it right: he will, according to this piece, potentially run
>> as an independent? Would the Democrats consider recruiting him to run on
>> a Dem ticket?
> 
> If he runs, it'd probably be as an independent. He's hinted he'd put up
> to $500m into a campaign. I hate to say this, but I'd rather see him
> than Hillary or McCain.
> 

Why would you hate to say this? Afraid the anti-ABB crowd will tar and
feather you? ;-). I would gladly take him against Hillary or McCain. I
hope on a Dem ticket. Would he turn down such an option if Dem activists
where to aproach him? AFAIK the man was in principle a Democrat before
he chose the GOP just so he could run for Mayor? Even with 1/2 a
billion, wouldn't he have a better shot at it on a party ticket? I
cannot imagine an independent candidate winning the presidential race,
in these days. Unlike Forbes or Perot, he is a pragmatic fellow, yes?

Also, what is LBO thought on Colin Powell? How about the chances of a
Hagel-Powell ticket?

	--ravi

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