Trentonian Insider


Thursday, July 5, 2007

Run, Bloomy, run!

As journalists in New Jersey, we can't help but salivate over the prospect of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg jumping into the 2008 presidential race.

Bloomberg recently shed his fairly recently acquired Republican Party membership, and could be positioning himself for a Ross Perot-like third party run.

Wouldn't an all-New York presidential election be fun? Well ... New York (Rudy), New York (Bloomberg) and carpetbagger New York (Hillary), anyway.

If Rudy Guiliani, consensus GOP frontrunner, wins the nomination, he's going to make New Jersey a lot more competitive than any other potential Republican candidate. The AP is predicting that a Bloomberg candidacy would make an already competitive New Jersey even more so.

Meanwhile, Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer is continuing his slow dance with Hillary. Since he practically makes out with her every time they cross paths, which seems to be frequently, his support is seen as a foregone conclusion. But he's lagged behind colleagues such as Mayor John Street of Philadelphia and Gov. Jon S. Corzine in declaring his love officially.

Besides liking a good horse race and the storylines that another serious Ross Perot-esque bid would bring, Bloomberg might actually steer the debate toward competence and public policy.

He is MR. COMPETENCE. And hearing him speak at a recent breakfast of business leaders in New York City that was picked up on radio, he sounds refreshingly nonpartisan and nonpolitical. So much, in fact, that it's hard to believe that he will run. He doesn't seem afraid to give answers that will piss off some segment of potential voters and donors. He's the anti-Hillary.

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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Run, Bloomy, run!

As journalists in New Jersey, we can't help but salivate over the prospect of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg jumping into the 2008 presidential race.

Bloomberg recently shed his fairly recently acquired Republican Party membership, and could be positioning himself for a Ross Perot-like third party run.

Wouldn't an all-New York presidential election be fun? Well ... New York (Rudy), New York (Bloomberg) and carpetbagger New York (Hillary), anyway.

If Rudy Guiliani, consensus GOP frontrunner, wins the nomination, he's going to make New Jersey a lot more competitive than any other potential Republican candidate. The AP is predicting that a Bloomberg candidacy would make an already competitive New Jersey even more so.

Meanwhile, Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer is continuing his slow dance with Hillary. Since he practically makes out with her every time they cross paths, which seems to be frequently, his support is seen as a foregone conclusion. But he's lagged behind colleagues such as Mayor John Street of Philadelphia and Gov. Jon S. Corzine in declaring his love officially.

Besides liking a good horse race and the storylines that another serious Ross Perot-esque bid would bring, Bloomberg might actually steer the debate toward competence and public policy.

He is MR. COMPETENCE. And hearing him speak at a recent breakfast of business leaders in New York City that was picked up on radio, he sounds refreshingly nonpartisan and nonpolitical. So much, in fact, that it's hard to believe that he will run. He doesn't seem afraid to give answers that will piss off some segment of potential voters and donors. He's the anti-Hillary.

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