Paterson Signals He’d Fight a Bloomberg Challenge
June 9, 2008
If Mayor Bloomberg decides to run for governor in 2010, Governor Paterson would confront him head-on despite what would seem to be an uneven matchup: a contest between a nationally known billionaire businessman with strong approval ratings and a former state legislator who is best known as Governor Spitzer’s emergency replacement.
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Bloomberg Said to Explore Third Term or Albany Bid
June 4, 2008
As the end of his term nears, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his senior advisers have been exploring strategies that would allow him to remain in political life, including undertaking a campaign to overturn the city’s term limits law or making a bid for governor, according to two people who have been briefed on the [...]
Senator mentioned in Bloomberg presidential talk has new book
March 20, 2008
U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel, who had been mentioned as a running mate on a presidential ticket with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, writes in a new book that the United States needs independent leadership and possibly another political party. He also suggests the war in Iraq might be remembered as one of the five biggest [...]
For Bloomberg, it’s all downhill from here
March 7, 2008
For the politician lucky enough to be its subject, presidential talk makes a great gig.
The chat comes cost-free, risk-free and bruise-free — a windfall of flattering attention that the could-be candidate gets to turn on and off.
Once it ends, though, a bill of sorts seems to come due.
Gov. Mario Cuomo had his friends stoking the [...]
Bloomberg hedges on veep run
February 29, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg put the kibosh on two years of speculation Thursday that he’ll run for President — but did his typical shuffle when asked if he’d want to be vice president.
“Nobody is going to ask me to run for vice president,” said the rarely modest mayor when asked what he would do if Sen. Barack [...]
Bloomberg Says He Won’t Run but Will Be Active
February 28, 2008
Bringing an end to a long flirtation with a bid for the White House, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has officially closed the door on a presidential candidacy this year.
In an Op-Ed article published in Thursday’s New York Times, Mr. Bloomberg wrote that he still believed that a nonpartisan approach was needed to solve the country’s [...]
Bloomberg-Hagel ticket increasingly unlikely
February 12, 2008
The possibility of Sen. Chuck Hagel joining Mayor Michael Bloomberg on an independent presidential ticket seems to be dimming, with Bloomberg distancing himself on Monday from the Nebraska Republican.
The New York Times reported Saturday about a conversation one of its reporters had last week with Hagel, during which Hagel confirmed he had spoken with Bloomberg [...]
Bloomberg prez run: Will he or won’t he?
February 11, 2008
As a billionaire businessman, New York City mayor and now potential independent presidential candidate, Michael Bloomberg has never been one to blab to the world about his war room strategies and plans.
To do so, he has reasoned, only tips off the competition. And this is partly what’s going on right now with his presidential exploration [...]
Draft Bloomberg Issues Ultimatum: 10 Days to Decide (Video)
February 8, 2008
As the GOP appears close to settling on a candidate and the window of opportunity seems to be closing for Mayor Bloomberg’s potential independent presidential bid, one effort to draft him into the race is turning up the heat in hopes of pushing him to a decision.
The Draft Bloomberg committee started by Unity08 co-founders Doug [...]
Bloomberg conducting ‘experiment’ to influence prez race
February 7, 2008
As the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates plan the next phase of their campaigns, potential independent contender Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday he is engaged in an “experiment” to influence the race.
Asked at a news conference to comment on the outcome of Super Tuesday’s multi-state nominating contests, Bloomberg described the Republican competition as a “horse [...]
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