Have you heard the news? If anyone in the top 3 win, Bloomberg is ready to go.

[jillan]

They are meeting on this today.

[madfloridian]

1. Which party do you mean by top 3?

.

[bunnies]

2. Anyone? Even Obama? Another poster suggested otherwise. nt

[ginchinchili]

7. I believe Obama and Hillary are the main ones.

Obama is too inexperienced. Yes, the same could be said of Bloomberg, which is why neither should get the nomination/elected. If we don't get behind Joe Biden we'll just be casting our fate to the wind. This is no time to play around. Voters don't have to like him the best, just recognize that he's best qualified to be president and has fewest weaknesses for the Republicans to exploit making him the surest bet to win the general election.

[bunnies]

11. Can Biden afford the GE?

I hate to even have this as a qualifier... but if a big money R gets the nod, we'll need someone who can respond to the hammering they're sure to receive.

[annie1]

3. i love him, but i hate him...this is why...

In july

"My intention is to be mayor for the next 925 days and probably about 10 hours, whatever is left, 11 hours, and that is my intention," he said. "I've got the greatest job in the world and I'm going to keep doing it," he said.

which means if he runs and wins, he leaves us for 2 years that we were supposed to have him here. (i'm in nyc).

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

4. what news? who is they? etc.?

[jillan]

5. They are sick of the nasty bi-partisanship

here's one link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/29/AR2007122901476.html

I heard about it on CNN this morning.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

6. Here's a really good piece about the need for partisanship (and why some don't like it)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3906350

[sandnsea]

9. Respectful partisanship,

Which is fine. Right now we have lunatics in the administration and it would be no different if Cynthia McKinney were President. You can't govern the country when you insist on appealing to only 10% of the population.

[sandnsea]

8. Hart and Graham too

Interesting coalition. I've got no problem with it. Somebody has to speak for rational thought.

[Joe the Revelator]

10. If Obama wins, Bloomberg will stay on the sidelines

What do you think there little meeting was about last month?

[OKNancy]

12. It's just a bunch of moderate Dems and Reps

according to the article... and it says:

Those who will be at the Jan. 7 session at the University of Oklahoma say that if the likely nominees of the two parties do not pledge to "go beyond tokenism" in building an administration that seeks national consensus, they will be prepared to back Bloomberg or someone else in a third-party campaign for president.

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They are not aiming at any one person.

[annabanana]

13. It's the Corporate Party... They are aiming at everyone. . . n/t

[JDPriestly]

15. Where were they when Bush -- after losing the popular vote

and being appointed by the Supreme Court refused to appoint Democrats to his cabinet, refused to form a coalition, bi-partisan government? Where were they after a Republican majority took the House and Senate shut the Democrats out, not even giving them the information necessary to vote on bills? Why weren't they calling for more bi-partisan government then? Why did they wait until it looks like a liberal Democrat will win?

I have read the book on Paul O'Neill's time in Bush's cabinet. Bush treated Christie Todd Whitman like the token female she was. Why didn't Whitman call for bi-partisanship back them? She has known all these years who refused to allow a slightly dissenting opinion to be heard even in his own cabinet. Who does she think she is, having watched in silence while Americans have lost their fundamental rights, this government has tortured and denied people speedy trials and established an imperial presidency. Christy Todd Whitman. You were silent when your country needed you. Don't start preaching at us with that self-righteous grin on you face now.

These guys are not Democrats.
They are cowards and think it's safe to come out of hiding now that the big bad wolf should be leaving soon. Cowards, cowards, cowards. That is all this Bloomberg crew is.

[JDPriestly]

14. Who outside of New York cares about Bloomberg?

Much less trust him? He has changed parties how many times? He will get a few fringe votes. The guys who support him are not very popular. Sam Nunn, my eye? Who cares what he thinks?

Bloomberg will prevent a true Democrat from garnering certain disgruntled Republican votes, but he will take fewer Democratic votes than Republican votes. And Democrats have a lot to gain from moving slightly left. People who have not been excited by the candidates run in the past -- due to their lack of energy or exciting message -- will get out and vote for the first time. So, Bloomberg is running for the status quo, but then so will the Republican. Americans want change. Bloomberg's message necessarily will not be very attractive to voters.