Posted on 07/11/2006 7:27:23 AM PDT by presidio9
IF Mike Bloomberg runs for president as an independent, he can win. Yes, not just hurt Hillary Clinton or the Republicans, but actually win the White House. Obviously, he has his bank account in his favor. Like Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996, he wouldn't have to convince skeptical donors that a third-party candidate could succeed for the first time in American history. He can cut short the conversation by just writing a mega check.
But he can succeed where Perot failed, because he knows how to handle himself in the public spotlight.
Bloomberg's years as mayor have fully equipped him to handle the national press corps. He's been on stage 24/7 for his entire term in office and through two campaigns. That education makes it unlikely that he will implode with paranoia or be rattled by the antics of the party national committees, as Perot was.
The mayor has played in the biggest of leagues in front of the toughest of press and media - not to mention the most wary of electorates - and has come out in great shape. It is no mean feat to survive as a Republican mayor in a liberal, Democratic city. And Rudy was no easy act to follow.
By contrast, service as a senator or governor - particularly of a small state - doesn't prepare a candidate adequately for the national stage.
In the Senate, the media is largely absent except on those very rare occasions when great legislation hangs in the balance. A senator can attract attention when and where he chooses by making a statement or holding a media event, but unwanted, unsolicited attention - of the sort that drives presidential candidates crazy - is quite rare.
A governor usually doesn't face the intense media focus that a
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Morris must need work.
How many people has Morris picked for President so far?
Columnist Dick -- Yes, he's nuts
It is too early in the morning for this kind of store...it is not funny.
Not a chance.
He has got to be effing kidding. This is possibly the dumbest article I have ever seen him write. I am more at ease now that he predicted a dumbocrat landslide in November since alot of his predictions have been dead wrong.
LOL.....maybe Morris took part in the new magic mushroom experiment?
He's got his nose... between some bad toes... again.
Bloomberg won't play much in fly-over land.
A stopped clock is right more often than little Dickie Morris ...
Wouldn't that be "No, not just hurt Hillary..."?
Sucking dirty toes again.
Someone tell Morris to put a sock in it...
If Bloomingidiot runs and wins, I will give up on this country and go find a nice quiet little island down in the solomons to live out the rest of my days on.
That's a pants-load for stating this now instead of 1992 when it would have been useful information.
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