http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E2DC153EF935A15757C0A9619C8B63Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday that he hoped former Vice President Al Gore would run for president in 2008, saying ''I think it would be good for the country.''
The mayor made the comments to reporters after a news conference kicking off the Tribeca Film Festival, as the two men took the stage and teased each other over speculation about their respective presidential ambitions.
The former vice president was on hand to highlight the roughly 60 films in the festival that focus on environmental issues. Mr. Gore, whose profile has been raised in recent months by his starring role in the Oscar-winning documentary on global warming, ''An Inconvenient Truth,'' praised Mr. Bloomberg for several environmental proposals he released earlier this week, saying they included some ''gutsy moves.''
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1927608620070620NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, often mentioned as a possible third-party 2008 presidential candidate, said on Tuesday he was changing his political status to independent from Republican.
"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," said Bloomberg, who has said he
has no plans to run for president.
Bloomberg has governed on economic issues as a fiscal conservative but is more liberal on social issues such as gun control and gay marriage as well as the environment.
Is Bloomberg running for VP? He is using similar language to Gore in regards to running also. I think the race just got a lot more interesting.
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