[NYC GOP Chick]

If you recall, Democrats were running Andrew Cuomo (Bill Clinton's HUD Secretary) and Carl McCall. Seeing this, Bloomberg ran as a Republican instead. When the Clinton's ultimately endorsed McCall (an African-American), Cuomo dropped out and McCall lost to Bloomberg.

Not quite. You're mixing up the 2001 NYC mayoral race and the 2002 governor's race.

Bloomberg bought the GOP nom because every Dem in the NYC area was vying for that slot -- Freddy Ferrer, Mark Green, as well as maybe half a dozen other forgettable political hacks.

[Political Junkie Too]

Yup. I'll tell you, I'm going to know everyone who's interested in this thread. ;-)

-PJ