Sunday, November 21, 2010

Palin Paves the Way for Bloomberg.

Frank Rich takes Sarah Palin (and the possibility of a Michael Bloomberg third-party challenge) VERY seriously:
Republican leaders who want to stop her, and they are legion, are utterly baffled about how to do so. Democrats, who gloat that she’s the Republicans’ problem, may be humoring themselves. When Palin told Barbara Walters last week that she believed she could beat Barack Obama in 2012, it wasn’t an idle boast. Should Michael Bloomberg decide to spend billions on a quixotic run as a third-party spoiler, all bets on Obama are off.
President Sarah Palin.  Wow, that takes the breath away.

Actually, I think under those conditions, Bloomberg would win.  In the face of a weakening Obama, Democrats, moderate Republicans, and Independents would simply flock to the pragmatic, effective leadership of Michael Bloomberg.

Remember, I said it here first.  Bloomberg has the potential to take it all in 2012, which would mean the first Third Party President ever.  (There was recent speculation that Joe Scarborough would run as his VP.) 

Question: did he really make the decision to push the advertising against putting salt in food in NYC?  That's what I keep hearing.  If true, then the Republicans would have a great angle of attack on him.  "Michael Bloomberg: soft on Islam, tough on salt!"

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