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New York TimesHas Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unequivocally ruled out running for president? Dan Rather, the former CBS anchor who now hosts a news program at HDNet, thinks so.
Mr. Rather, during a taping of “The Chris Matthews Show,” told Mr. Matthews this afternoon that the mayor had stated he would not run for president. NBC released a partial transcript of the conversation between Mr. Rather and Mr. Matthews, which will be broadcast at 10 a.m. on Sunday:
Mr. Rather: Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York, told me that he was not going to run for president. In a direct answer to a direct question, would he run under any circumstances, he danced around a bit and finally said ‘No.’ Furthermore, he said he wasn’t open to even considering running as a vice presidential candidate with anybody, and he wouldn’t take a place in anybody’s cabinet.”
Mr. Matthews: “Is he going to run against Spitzer for governor next time?”
Mr. Rather: “I wouldn’t bet against it.”
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