Bloomberg lambasts economic stimulus package

Bloomberg again showed why he would be a powerful force as President by harshly criticizing the economic stimulus plan recently passed by congress and signed by the President. He notes that these type of politically popular short term fixes are impotent in the long run to stave off recession.



However, as perhaps further indication that he is probably not going to be a candidate for President in this election cycle, Bloomberg applauded Barack Obama for recently announcing a plan to invest in the nation's infrastructure, which Bloomberg called for just a few weeks ago.



Interesting that the most common sense policy that has been proposed by a candidate to date is a complete rip-off of something Bloomberg proposes. If he cannot be President, perhaps a prominent cabinet position would be in order for Mr. Bloomberg?

Why we need Bloomberg: The Video

Check out this video about why Mike Bloomberg is needed as an independent candidate in 2008:

http://www.draftbloomberg.com/

Watch the Bloomberg Video!

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Mark Cuban Endorses Mike Bloomberg

Here is the link to the blog posting where Mark Cuban outlines why Michael Bloomberg is the best person to lead our country as President for the next 4 years:

Mark Cuban's Presidential Endorsement

Bloomberg candidacy unlikely

John McCain seems to be well on his way to capturing the republican nominee after his string of victory's and especially his latest in Floriday. Rudy Giuliani has dropped out of the campaign and thrown his support behind McCain and a litany of other endorsements are streaming in for the senior Senator from Arizona. Most interesting among these endorsements, as this blog is concerned, is that of California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar, who is very close with Michael Bloomberg. This endorsement seems to signal that the likelihood of Bloomberg entering the race is now very small.

A couple of factors have come into play. First, the electorate across the nation seems quite satisfied with the slate of candidates that the two parties have put up for nomination. There simply has not been the clamoring for a third party run that may have been expected given the dismal approval ratings of the Republican White House and the Democratic Congress. Second, McCain is a legitimate centrist candidate that will appeal to much of the same constituency that would have supported a legitimate independent candidate such as Bloomberg. The Republicans generally rally around a strong conservative but this time it looks like the nomination will go to a candidate who the Republican establishment is a little bit afraid of.

On the Democratic side, Barack Obama could still capture the nomination which would take out the major polarizing figure left, Hillary Clinton, out of the picture entirely. Obama-Mccain matchup would not be one that Michael Bloomberg could emerge from.

Santa Clara Op-Ed: Bloomberg is a "Supercandidate"

An Op-Ed in the Santa Clara student paper outlines the reasons why Bloomberg would be a powerful independent candidate for President and have a great impact on our nation as President of the United States.

The spread of these types of opininion pieces is crucial to building the groundswell of support needed to fuel an independent run and to get the word out.

From The Santa Clara:

Bloomberg: a viable independent

National Ballot Access Difficult for Bloomberg

An article from Newsday notes that ballot expert Clay Mulford says that arcane ballot rules in 50 states makes it very difficult to get on ballots nationwide. Bloomberg probably has the resources and werewithal to do it, but it would make much easier if he could latch on to a third party, like the greens or libertarians, for ballot access. In a way, both theeventual Republican candidate and the eventual Democratic candidate will have had to go through a tremendous amount of work to win their party's nomination so it is fair enough that an independent can't just walk up and put his name on the ballot. There ought to be some barriers. However, by having complicated and difficult hurdles in many states, such as Texas where a candidate needs 75,000 signatures in just two months from non-primary voters, the existing two party system is only further insulated from a highly credible third party candidate such as Mike Bloomberg.

From Newsday:

Expert says hard for Bloomberg to get on ballots

Ralph Nader Considering Candidacy

While this blog is focused on encouraging Mike Bloomberg to run, a news item today notes that third party candidate from 2000 and 2004, Ralph Nader, will decide in one month whether or not he will launch a presidential bid in 2008. This might take away from a possible Bloomberg run and would cut into the constituency of voters who are tired of the two major parties, even though Bloomberg and Nader have much different backgrounds.

From Yahoo News:

Nader to decide soon on possible presidential run

Bloomberg Grassroot Movement

The grassroots movement for a Michael Bloomberg independent run for president is growing. Here are a few of the key sites that have popped up:

http://www.uniteformike.com

http://www.draftbloomberg.com/

http://www.runmikerun.com/

http://www.draftmichael.com/

Bloomberg meets with Lance Armstrong in Texas

Michael Bloomberg and Lance Armstrong met to tour a hospital and to talk about solutions to create a new push for a cure for cancer. Lance Armstrong noted that Bloomberg "represents the best interests of the people" and "an independent agenda".

While in Texas, Bloomberg met with the engineer of Ross Perot's ballot access effort in Texas, Perot's son-in-law Clay Mulford. This is further evidence of Bloomberg's serious investigation into running for President as an independent candidate in 2008.

More from the Dallas Morning News:

In Austin, Bloomberg, Armstrong hint at political futures

Bloomberg's common sense infrastructure solutions

Michael Bloomberg announced the creation of a bipartisan national council to improve our nation's infrastructure in a joint appearance with Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar on Saturday. He noted that major investment in infrastructure is something that is sorely needed (e.g. Minnesota Bridge, New Orleans Levy) and would provide a strong stimulus to the economy. He criticized Washington D.C. politicians for neglecting these issues.

These are the types of common sense, non-partisan, and NEEDED policies that we could expect with Michael Bloomberg as our President and it is why it is so important that he run as an independent candidate this year. It's refreshing to hear policies that make sense and solve real problems.

From Newsday:

Bloomberg makes speech on national economy

Bloomberg to appear at event with Ed Rendell and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Michael Bloomberg will be appearing at an event in Los Angeles with Governors Ed Rendell (Pennsylvania) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (California) on Saturday regarding a joint infrastructure project. This has led to speculation of a joint ticket of Bloomberg and Rendell.

This may be a veiled campaign event. However, if it is actually about infrastructure, this is a great example of how Bloomberg is already taking national leadership rolls to reach across parties and bring people together to find solution. If this is a campaign event or campaign announcement, I will be excited. But if not, I am still excited to see what these guys have come up with together.

More details from the Seattle Times:

Bloomberg-Rendell gig fuels ticket talk

Bloomberg meets with Obama

Interesting meeting between Barack Obama and Michael Bloomberg in New York yesterday.

The two met for breakfast in New York. No word on what was discussed...

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/barack.obama.michael.2.599317.html

Could there be an Obama-Bloomberg ticket? Michael Bloomberg as Vice-President?