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"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.

Hi. The group that I was speaking of was the unions, in particular, public service unions, and they are lockstep hostile in most parts.

As far as blacks, they overwhelmingly vote dem on both a national and city scale.

Strong supporter of Bush? What did he deliver as far as the NYC vote for Bush?
Will he deliver the NYC vote against the Socialist carpetbagger Hillary in either 06 or 08??

I'm not sure if *he* got the convention, since the national GOP wanted it in NY.

Nothing Bloomie has done impresses me in the least as a Republican.