Bloomberg & Morning Scar Consider An Indie Run For Pres./Vice In 2012

[Me.]

Seriously? And Phil Griffin has no problem with this?

“WASHINGTON -- There's no campaign yet, and there may never be, but New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and MSNBC's morning talk-show host Joe Scarborough have begun trying to figure out whether they could be an independent presidential ticket in 2012 -- and, if so, who the better man to bet on would be.

They're the Odd Couple of Guys Outside the System.

The two are friends and, in both public and private, mutual admirers. They spent the day after the midterm elections complimenting each other at a Harvard symposium -- Vanity Fair was there to document it all for a spring issue -- bemoaning the same political rift they may try to exploit to win the White House.

Well-placed sources tell The Huffington Post that the mayor and the host have talked about running together, with Bloomberg in the top spot. In an interview, Scarborough, a former GOP congressman from Florida, issued a firm yet carefully-worded denial. "We haven't discussed it directly," he said, adding, "Have people discussed it in his sphere and in my sphere? I think so."…cont…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/16/bloomberg-scarborough-2012-president_n_784593.html

[Hannah Bell]

1. The Death Star

[Zoeisright]

2. I'm going to write to every paper and network in this country about the dead intern

every single fucking day if that happens.

[Webster Green]

3. Sweet.

Split the dumb-ass vote.

I love it!

[Me.]

4. A Two-Fer

Splitting ticket and...no more morning show.

[TransitJohn]

5. "Outside the system"....irony is well and truly fucking dead.

:eyes:

[Me.]

12. Truly

[Phlem]

6. ....

:puke:

-p

[Slit Skirt]

7. sorry I didn't see your thread and posted this too

when i commented over at the huffington post about the dead intern, their moderators did not allow my comment on

[Me.]

8. Kos Will Make Sure The Dead Intern Bit Gets Out

This is why I don't understand why Joe-ego thinks he can run for the 2nd highest office.

[TuxedoKat]

15. I think

he saw what Sarah Palin did in 2008 and thought, if she can, then why not me. Not that I'd ever want him to run, yuck.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. GOP cult still votes in lockstep; independents, moderates and liberals split

and you end up with President Palin

[winstars]

10. That's a KILLER Ticket!!! nt

[mfcorey1]

11. This is a joke. Right? Right? Right? Somebody wake me up. nt

[AndrewP]

13. Where does Smoking Joe's dead intern fit into all of this?

[marmar]

14. I don't know if Scarborough could stay sober long enough to make through a campaign.

nt