What the hell is Bloomy been smoking???????????
What I read is that, even though he knows he has as much of a chance as Sharpton ever did, he (Pataki) will be able to command more fees for speaking and such if he is known as a "former presidential candidate". Of course, no sane person thinks this about not-so-Sharpton, but Pataki could pull it off (the "former" part, that is).