Rather Says Bloomberg Ruled Out White House Bid

[Newsjock]

Source: New York Times

Has 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.”

Read more: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/rather-says-bloomberg-ruled-out-white-house-bid/

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. There goes the Unity08 candidate

I've heard buzz recently that Bloomberg would run on this independent ticket, but since it doesn't appear that he will, that's one less potential candidate for Unity08, and one that some here feared would take away votes from the Democrats.

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. I saw him taking more pro-war, war on terra, ....

.... pro-corporate deregulation, anti union votes from the other side.

Where will the Bloomberg vote go now? I'd say they'd be pretty uncomfortable with an Edwards or Obama but might see Clinton as someone they can 'do business' with.

[onehandle]

2. 2008 is ours. Eat it, Freepers. nt

[YDogg]

4. hope so!