Bloomberg leaves the GOP

[Quixote1818]

So if he runs, does he help us or hurt us? Is he up to something?






Michael R. Bloomberg, a longtime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party to run for mayor of New York City in 2001, announced this evening that he is changing his party status and registering as an independent. His office released this statement at 6:05 p.m. (EST):

I have filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to change my status as a voter and register as unaffiliated with any political party. Although my plans for the future haven’t changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our city.

A nonpartisan approach has worked wonders in New York: we’ve balanced budgets, grown our economy, improved public health, reformed the school system and made the nation’s safest city even safer.

We have achieved real progress by overcoming the partisanship that too often puts narrow interests above the common good. As a political independent, I will continue to work with those in all political parties to find common ground, to put partisanship aside and to achieve real solutions to the challenges we face.



http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-the-gop/

[rusty charly]

1. After that Coronation/Convention we endured

you will ALWAYS be a Repuke. Sorry, Mikela.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. I hope he runs. It will give the "moderate" republicans and the DLC a home.

[Olney Blue]

3. Is he a Republican Independent or an Independent Independent?

[Bucky]

7. He's "a fuck the Democrats get the Republican elected with a minority vote" Independent.

This is poison.
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[Lasher]

4. Welcome to the 2008 campaign, Ralph Nader of the Dark Side!

Step right up and split that Repub base asunder!

[PurityOfEssence]

5. I wonder if he keeps a photo of Berlusconi surrounded by candles as a shrine...

Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures used to keep a big picture of Mussolini on the wall...

[Bucky]

6. He's a torpedo into the hull of one big and 2-3 medium sized Blue States

He won't play in flyover country. He'll get no more than 2% outside of his home region. He'll siphon off 10-15% of Democratic votes in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. He maybe will do well in New Hampshire too, but there he could hurt both parties evenly.

Bloomy has been talked into running for one purpose only. Someone powerful is scared that the Democrats will win in 2008. Strategically all he'll do is get the Republican nominee elected with a minority of votes, and probably with less than the Democrat's popular vote, but with a good enough majority in the electoral college to keep the great middle quiet.

This is an electoral nightmare. Hate this move.
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