Is Mayor Bloomberg "agitating the dots" or is he setting

[CK_John]

up a platform to run as an IND.

Check out the following article:
<http://www.nysun.com/article/52806>

Bloomberg Anti-Gun Campaign To Air Ads

By GRACE RAUH
Staff Reporter of the Sun
April 19, 2007


Mayor Bloomberg's nationwide campaign against illegal guns is taking to the airwaves, with the launch of a targeted television and Internet advertising campaign aimed at shaming Congress into repealing an amendment restricting access to information about guns used in crimes.

Flanked by New Jersey mayors and police officers at City Hall in Jersey City yesterday, Mr. Bloomberg said it was a coincidence he was announcing the ad campaign and the addition of 27 new mayors to his coalition two days after 32 people were shot dead at Virginia Tech. There are now 214 mayors in the coalition.

The tragedy is a terrible reminder of what can happen when guns wind up in the wrong hands, Mr. Bloomberg said. He noted that violent crime is on the rise throughout America.

[brentspeak]

1. Good for Bloomberg

[TwilightGardener]

2. Well, that's nice, but it won't help him much for winning crossover 'Pugs, if he runs.

Edited to add: "Who's agitating my dots? Are YOU agitating my dots?"

[CK_John]

3. I think he's aiming for crossover DEM's.

[TwilightGardener]

7. I can't see a compelling reason for a Dem to vote for him, since he is

very Dem-leaning to begin with. Not exactly the "conservative alternative" for GOPers either. Who would serve as his base?

[saltpoint]

4. Good question.

Bloomberg is able to meet expenses. And then some.

He's keeping a very high profile for someone who "doesn't foresee" a presidential run.

Things could get interesting.

[CK_John]

5. Yes, I fear a nexus of Buffet, Bill Gates and Bloomberg to mount an

IND run. These guys could self finance a nation campaign out of petty cash.

[saltpoint]

6. They could, yes. That's a lot of bucks on the kitty, too.

They must be looking at the GOP field and saying to themselves, "Geez, this is really pathetic. We could do better than that."

[CK_John]

8. And they don't have make any decisions until after Feb 5. n/t

[saltpoint]

11. I take your point. I don't hate Bloomberg but I wanted Mark Green

to beat him for NYC Mayor. I still like Green. I'd like a Democrat at the helm in the big city there.

Funding is not going to be a problem for these guys. That's the part that makes me nervous.

[TwilightGardener]

9. I'd love it if a GOPer ran 3rd party to split the GOP vote--would have to be

a conservative for that to work to our advantage, though.

[saltpoint]

10. Yes. Maybe one of the frontrunning 3 or 4 will upset the Far Right

so much that they'll run Brownback as a drain on the GOP vote.

That would be great.

[CK_John]

12. I'm thinking, Rudy/Cheney GOP, Bloomberg/Newt G(IND), Hillary/Obamba(DEM). or

[saltpoint]

13. I'm so convinced that 2008 is going to be a Democratic year -- even

bigger than 2006, I mean -- that I find myself resenting that Bloomberg et al could assemble a presidential campaign as late as post-Feb 5 and still be competitive.

I like the old farm system in baseball rather than the free agent system. I don't like it when George Steinbrenner buys a star athlete to pack his Yankees. I like it when a kid grows up in little league, plays in high school, then college, and then moves into the farm system of a major league club.

I don't want grassroots politics usurped by big bucks candidates like that, and I want a Democratic in the White House to appoint the next Supreme Court vacancy.

[CK_John]

14. An old fashion convention would be great. Finally able to post. n/t

[frankenforpres]

15. are you being serious?

grassroots? i like all the dem candidates this year, but cmon.

gore=senators son

edwards=rich lawyer


hrc= presidents wife

richardson=i dont know his personal bio. i know what he did in past administration and as gov of NM

obama=illinois dem machine


who is the farm system candidate?