[Eric Blair 2084]

My guess is that Bloomberg will position himself as a moderate with competence in Private Enterprise. That is something Hillary can never claim having lived on the public dole her whole adult life. If you think Bloomberg is going to try to compete with Hillary, I think that’s incorrect. He will attempt to pull voters toward what he defines as the middle.

It's comedy to have this debate so early without knowing who the GOP nominee is. But there are really only two likely scenarios. If Ru*#, whoops almost said his name again, you know that guy, wins, Hillary is President.

The guy who has to be doing cartwheels right now is Fred Thompson. I'm not quite a Fredhead yet, but geez louise, he has just been given a 75 MPH batting practice fastball belt high right down the middle of the plate. The only question is can he hit it. If he plays his cards right and is a worthy candidate, he is in the right place at the right time to sieze history here.

If Fred is the GOP nominee, all of the traditional Red States are in the bag. He only has to pick off a few of the swing states like Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan...which is certainly possible with Hillary and King Bloomberg splitting the left wing vote.

[romanesq]

Fred Thompson’s people were probably pretty excited last night. They’ve had nothing but good news. Shoot, even that clip on Leno showed him to be pretty well received.

No way Bloomberg running on a third line helps Hillary. Perot had some weird personal thing against Bush, Bloomberg is going for himself.