“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.

I don’t know if NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is doing to run or not. I don’t think ANYONE has an idea even though they are spending plenty of time speculating. I will say that Bloomberg has done a great job of turning such speculation into endless media attention (not a bad thing when your last name is also the name of a giant media corporation). Bloomberg has done it again with mike2008.com a site that currently points to his official personal Web site.

The domain name has revived the the speculation of a Bloomberg.

One of the great advantages of the Internet and the current swarm of 24/7 media outlets is that you don’t actually have to run for president to begin running for president. Just ask Al Gore, Newt Gingrich, Fred Thompson & of course Bloomberg.

The media is fixed on Bloomberg becoming a candidate and on the racial, religious, ethnic & gender differences in 2008.

The big thing now is throwing in descriptors about Bloomberg for articles including of course the fact that he is Jewish.

Reuters: He’s from New York, an independent and Jewish.

But best of all the candidate himself remarked a couple of times on the liklihood of a short, jewish man winning the president which seemed to open the floodgates.

Eric Alterman: “Short Jewish billionaires from Manhattan who love gun control, gays and abortionists don’t win national elections.”

New York Sun: “Never mind that there’s no national constituency in American politics for a four-foot-tall nasal Jew with a Boston accent”

I can see the campaign sign now: Vote Bloomberg the short, nasal, abortionist loving, gay sex having chosen person!

At least The Toronto Star did at least use the quote on the side in H1 “A short, Jewish billionaire from New York? C’mon. Michael Bloomberg, New York mayor, on his chances of being president”

If you visit HuffingtonPost today the speculation train just keeps on moving!

This will undoubtedly continue until Al Gore wears a red, white & blue tie and it shifts to him. Then if Newt Gingrich salutes the flag we can expect coverage of him and then if John Kerry votes for a bill before not voting for a bill we can speculate on him for awhile.

WORD TO THE MEDIA - CALM DOWN

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, rumored heavily to be a potential Independent party candidate for president, has announced he is leaving the Republican party. Is it another step toward a run OR is it just a move for his own personal beliefs? I am sure the speculation will never end over this until he either runs OR the election is over.

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