Free Republic

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007 9:39 a.m. EST New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg – considered a possible candidate for the White House in 2008 – said he would like to see Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., toss his hat into the presidential ring. Speaking at a church in Harlem on what would have been the 78th birthday of Martin Luther King, Bloomberg referred to several potential presidential candidates and added: "My personal favorite, the person that I am going to endorse if he chooses to run as a New Yorker, is Congressman Rangel.” Rangel campaigned in the Democratic primaries in 2004,...