“Nobody’s going to elect me president of the United States.” (Michael Bloomberg)

I would say Bloomberg put speculation to rest today when transcripts from an interview were released of the NYC mayor telling Dan Rather and HDnet that he wasn’t running for president, but I know better. The idea that Bloomberg was going to run for president was fueled by endless media speculation and a few journalists (I am looking at you Bob Novak) who kept claiming to have “source” feeding them information directly from the candidate.

I have been a pessimist downer about the whole affair from the beginning and I remain that today. Bloomberg will not run for president, he said he won’t run for president, he was saying he wouldn’t run for president way back when this whole thing started and he will be saying it up until election day. With that said, there will no doubt continue to be speculation especially since the news is dead this August.