There is a rather odd report in the New York Times about how people are tiring of waiting for Mayor Bloomberg to make a decision about running for the presidency as an independent. In addition I saw a report, I believe on CNN, echoing the same sentiment. From the NYT Piece:

The political parlor game — Will he run? When will he decide? How much could he spend? — that has so delighted Mr. Bloomberg is suddenly sparking a backlash. Editorial pages from The Wall Street Journal to The New York Post, The Village Voice and The New Yorker have taken him to task. Members of the administration have been rolling their eyes and referring to Kevin Sheekey, Mr. Bloomberg’s political architect, as the deputy mayor for presidential politics.

Here is my thought. Last time I checked it was the media speculating on a run. Everytime I see Bloomberg or people around him they say “no, he isn’t running, stop asking or at the very least wait until there are nominees.” Last time I also checked, nobody was standing up demanding a Mike Bloomberg run in the first place. Much like Fred Thompson I just remember reporters and commentators getting on the air telling us all that there is a demand for a third party and he could fill it. Are they sure about that, or are they just making it up?

Until Bloomberg announces, nobody is forcing news networks or papers to give the mayor free advertising by speculating. Personally I have to believe if he isn’t running, Bloomberg might be one of the smartest people around. The company he founded is under his last name and every news network and paper in the country keeps spreading that name for free. If he doesn’t run, they will have given him endless hours of free advertising and all it took was a couple of people who may or may not actually know something to suggest he might run.

So my suggestion is, if the media is getting inpatient, it should move onto covering something else. Like perhaps some of the other candidates who are running for president but get no space.