February 15, 2008
VP Bloomberg?
There is a lot of talk that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will run as a third-party candidate. However, I have a different theory: Bloomberg may be the vice presidential nominee of Barack Obama. They had a highly publicized meeting a couple months ago and despite his harsh criticism of the goverment's stimulus packages, Bloomberg has recently praised Obama for his plan to rebuild infrastructure.
Just a thought.
2008 Race Posted by Harrison Bergeron at February 15, 2008 10:05 AM
That would be a clever move on his part and I do NOT underestimate Senator Obama's cleverness.
(When I read the headline, I thought somebody was suggesting him on the GOP side -- ohh noooo!)
But this plays into his "beyond-partisanship" narrative in that people will call Bloomberg a Republican. Brilliant. I hope they are not that smart.
Posted by: jk at February 15, 2008 10:56 AMLast night I heard Bob Beckel predict that whichever Dem candidate wins the nomination will choose the other as her (or his) running mate. "This is the only way to unite this party that is split so evenly," he surmised. That may be true but I still don't see it happening.
Besides, the entire nation is split nearly evenly so my brother's theory of a McCain-Clinton co-presidency makes even more sense using that logic.
Posted by: johngalt at February 15, 2008 3:52 PM | What do you think? [2]