I'd vote for Bloomberg in a heartbeat. (Huckabee, voters, security)
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I don't know if this has come up in this forum, and he has not announced a candidacy, but if Mike Bloomberg (current NY mayor) would run for President I would vote for him in a heartbeat.
He is the only potential candidate I have ever come across who actually displays a no-nonsense attitude, basic common sense and a surprising lack of drama.
He has no interest in legislating peoples private lives, and is arguably the most fiscally conservative social liberal out there.
He has done a remarkable job of cooling the hightened racial tensions that existed in New York under Guliani by keeping things open and public and responding to racial incidents in a cool and fair manner.
He is the lap dog of no political party and has his own money to run - so is beholden to no commercial interests.
Of course being anti-gun, pro gay rights and a short Jewish guy from the East Coast he has a snowballs hope in hell of being elected.
would he pull more votes from the democratic party or republican party?
Good question. He was a Democrat before he switched to Republican for the mayorship, now he is independant.
I think he really appeals to the center - which constitutes a large part of each party. I don't see evangelicals giving him a single vote, but the more traditional conservatives probably would -the ones that don't care what people do in their bedrooms. As for Democrats, probably would have a lot of appeal.
Could Bloomberg pull enough Independent and moderate Democrat votes from Hillary that he could afford to lose the religious right? At the same time, could he get the votes of traditional conservatives? If so, I could see him getting a landslide victory with Hillary of course taking the far left and Huckabee the far right.
It wouldn't surprise if he jumps in, or not. Bloomberg is a sophisticated politician regardless of which party he affiliates with; lots of personal funds; no ties to anyone I can think of, but not always the easiest boss. He is very, underline that three or four times, self-reliant and sometimes that clouds the bigger picture when he's working with parters.
Just my thoughts having worked with an agency in the City (for the State) and observing some of his strategies and decision making.
And PS - He probably does have more integrity than many of the others running on either side of the political fence.
If RP dosent get to election, and bloomber does, I'd vote bloomberg...
Wow, that is shocking. You are trading Paul, a conservative-libertarian for a liebral playboy. Not a good trade. But again, if you were going to go for Hillary rather than some GOP candidate, then I HOPE you go Bloomberg!!
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Originally Posted by floridasandy
would he pull more votes from the democratic party or republican party?
I am thinking he will pull some from both, but mostly from the Democrats, That would mean another GOP in the House for 4 more years (hopefully Fred).
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Originally Posted by AnthonyB
I don't know if this has come up in this forum, and he has not announced a candidacy, but if Mike Bloomberg (current NY mayor) would run for President I would vote for him in a heartbeat.
He is the only potential candidate I have ever come across who actually displays a no-nonsense attitude, basic common sense and a surprising lack of drama.
He has no interest in legislating peoples private lives, and is arguably the most fiscally conservative social liberal out there.
He has done a remarkable job of cooling the hightened racial tensions that existed in New York under Guliani by keeping things open and public and responding to racial incidents in a cool and fair manner.
He is the lap dog of no political party and has his own money to run - so is beholden to no commercial interests.
Of course being anti-gun, pro gay rights and a short Jewish guy from the East Coast he has a snowballs hope in hell of being elected.
Pity. America needs someone like that.
Well, Bloomberg is a hardcore left-wing extremist. I doubt the GOP voters (other than the ones in states that the Dems would win anyway) would go for "The Bloomning Idiot" as he is known in amny circles.
So he will definitely draw Dem votes, which is awesome.
Wow, that is shocking. You are trading Paul, a conservative-libertarian for a liebral playboy. Not a good trade. But again, if you were going to go for Hillary rather than some GOP candidate, then I HOPE you go Bloomberg!!
I said IF RP dosent make it past primaries.. since Bloomberg would likely run independent since he dosen't need to go republican to raise money, the advantage of being a billionaire.
But the country is essentially a buisness and we have a crapload of economic issues such as healthcare, social security, debt, budget. We could use a good buisnessman to run it. All the other republican candidates are just bush clones, and I'm not really one to vote for oligarchy, hence the reason why this traditional conservative would vote for bloomberg.
I haven't looked at his positions closely enough to form an educated opinion, but on the surface his anti-gun stance leads me to believe that he doesn't respect the Constitution and doesn't understand that without the 2nd Amendment, we have no rights.
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