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posters, but let me play devil's advocate here just for well, the hell of it, and suggest that Bloomberg may be driven to some extent by his political ego to consider the top job, since after all that is characteristic of most politicians, but I propose he would be more motivated by boredom.

The money is there for a national project, including an independent bid for the presidency, but having a lot of money alone isn't the rationale, just the fuel. Bloomberg used to be an Eagle Scout in his youth. I think he sees himself as the leader, the daddy, the guy at the wheel of the station wagon. To his way of thinking, he's still that Eagle Scout, and the White House is the ultimate merit badge. He's what - 67 years old right now but he's a 3-term mayor of the nation's largest city, and that suggests a level of engagement and vigor, true or not, that would obviate his chronological age.

If you have no other projects on tap for the next several years and are sitting on a shitpile of money, why not give in to the fever?

I think Obama still wins in 2012 but it might be interesting to see Bloomberg place second as an indie ahead of the GOP ticket.