Reply #21: I don't dislike Bloomberg either, if only because he seems competent

[TwilightGardener]

and pragmatic, and not especially partisan or political. Which can be a bad thing, if not-so-loyal Dem-leaning voters end up feeling the same way about him, AND aren't thrilled with Hillary--that could be a recipe for our loss, but we'll have to cross that bridge later, IF he runs. He might be an awful campaigner--who knows? My gut is that he doesn't want to be responsible for handing the WH to whatever Repug freak ends up winning the nom, though--if he thinks that will happen, maybe he'll stay out. As slick as Romney is, he seems like he kind of hit a wall, lately--might be Mormonism, or the doggie ghost of Seamus coming back to haunt him, who knows. Thompson seems afraid to officially get in the race and endure the debates and the slings and arrows--his handlers seem to want him to avoid scrutiny for as long as possible, which tells me he's got some weaknesses--right now his candidacy is riding on dreams and folksy Southern sayings. Rudy is still the man to beat, and I'm not sure Hillary can do that.