Here are his talking points:
“Although my plans for the future haven’t changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our city,” Bloomberg, 65, said in a statement. “As a political independent, I will continue to work with those in all political parties to find common ground, to put partisanship aside, and to achieve real solutions to the challenges we face.”
“The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy,”
If he is any politician at all, he will work with those factions which share enough with him to make a majority. From his record, we can expect that this will consist of Democrats and liberal Republicans. Have you noticed that all the plutocrats are liberal?