Reply #20: Whenever articles like this come out

[Proud Liberal Dem]

it usually seems to be an expression of what some people would like to see happen rather than an accurate (or even likely) outcome.

Obama would have to have "2nd-term Bushian" approval numbers to allow for a Bloomberg "opening" IMHO first of all and if Obama ever got down to that level of approval, he'd probably not even win re-nomination, so we'd probably have ourselves a stronger candidate in a general election though I honestly can't imagine this happening absent some catastrophic political event, so lets move on......

I don't know much about Bloomberg but I think that he would probably have to think that he had a REAL shot of actually winning- not just being a "spoiler"- before sinking his considerable fortune into a race for the Presidency of the United States. Given that he's more of a moderate (former) Republican, would he actually want somebody like Palin to become POTUS? :shrug: Would he have widespread name recognition and appeal outside New York? I'd also wonder about how many votes he'd draw from both parties? Would it hurt Obama (in a hypothetical matchup) or the Republican candidate more? What would he bring to the table that would draw voters to him instead of Obama, who is quite similar to him politically in some ways, and/or the Republican candidate whoever he/she may be?

As far as Sarah Palin goes, she would first have to actually WANT to run, which I seriously doubt she will given her apparent love of money, attention, and ego stroking, as well as her apparent DISLIKE of actual WORK. If she couldn't or wouldn't finish a single four-year term as Governor of Alaska, there's no way she will last an entire year as POTUS. Maybe she'd even drop out of the running if she did run. :shrug: Of course, anybody running for POTUS on the Republican ticket is either going to have the unenviable job of having to appear moderate enough to win indies but bat-shit insane conservative enough to win over the teabaggers (if they're still around by then, of course). I just can't think of any candidate currently that might be able to pull that off AND successfully squash Obama in a debate.