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Mike Bloomberg, running as Republican again for Mayor has been polling at 65% and just got the endorsement of DC 37, the largest municipal union in the country, 121,000 members, 85% of which are Black and Hispanic

I'm not involved in NY politics, but if Bloomberg is getting those numbers from groups hostile to traditional Republican values, then I'll wager that Bloomberg is some type of NE RINO.

Or not even that. - What is PIAPS?

He is, big time. He's pro-abortion, anti-gun, and a couple of years ago pushed for and received a citywide smoking ban in all establishments. One would be hard-pressed to find a single conservative bone in his body.

"I'm not involved in NY politics, but if Bloomberg is getting those numbers from groups hostile to traditional Republican values, then I'll wager that Bloomberg is some type of NE RINO.

Or not even that. - What is PIAPS?"

Blacks and Hispanics are not hostile to traditional values. Many of these people are Pentacostals and Catholics and are conservative on social issues. They have been taken for granted by Dems.
NYC politics has always been rather Byzantine, and party loyalty shifts. Ed Koch won re-election running on the GOP AND Dem line. We are one of the very few places who have many smaller parties which qualify to be on the ballot.

Bloomberg is a Republican running on the GOP ticket for Mayor. He was a strong supporter of President Bush in 2004 and was successful in getting the GOP Convention for NYC.

PIAPS = Pig In A Pantsuit.