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...Real results are more important than partisan battles, [and] good ideas should take precedence over rigid adherence to any particular political ideology.' MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, New York City mayor, who withdrew from the Republican Party and may run for President as an independent...
...Indeed, sources tell TIME Washington bureau chief Jay Carney that while the billionaire Mayor has not yet decided for certain that he will run, his becoming an independent now is part of his plan to make sure that the option is there. In order to collect the signatures to get on the ballot in various states as an independent, Bloomberg has to be officially "unaffiliated...
...course, he used to be one himself. He left the Democratic Party in October 2000 because he wanted to run for Mayor and the primary was too crowded. He was never a rabid Republican, but he used his cash to court Republicans who could help him and his city -including $2 million to the G.O.P. in New York, more than $5 million to the G.O.P. convention in New York, and smaller donations to congressional Republicans (most quite conservative) with jurisdiction over issues important to New York...
...national political press corps has plenty of reasons to be fascinated by the prospect of (newly) independent New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg running for President next year...
...First, the press likes Bloomberg himself - he's one of us (just a tad richer), having earned his fortune running his eponymous media company -and many of the biggest players in New York and Washington media circles are chummy with the dinner-party-charming Mayor...