Ed Koch hopes for Bloomberg run

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33, would you vote for Bloomberg or Mittens?



The former New York City mayor -- who said in September that he's "on board" with Barack Obama's reelection campaign -- tells Maggie in our story on the homepage that he hopes Michael Bloomberg will enter the 2012 race:
 

Koch – a Democrat who endorsed George W. Bush in 2004 and has backed Obama for reelection – said he believes Bloomberg should mount a presidential bid to address the “lack of leadership” in Washington.

 “I believe there is a major chance of a third party winning and I would like to see him pursue it for 2012,” Koch said. “What I believe he offers is independence and money to finance a campaign and to be president.”
 
Bloomberg has ruled out a campaign about as definitively as possible, but as we write in our piece, he's also moving to reclaim the sensible-D.C.-outsider niche in national politics that he has used to substantial effect in the past.

from politico

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Koch – a Democrat who endorsed George W. Bush in 2004 and has backed Obama for reelection – said he believes Bloomberg should mount a presidential bid to address the “lack of leadership” in Washington.

WOW 

This guy has the worst track record ever.

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Bloomberg over miTtens.

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Bloomberg over miTtens.

Bloomy invited illegals from AZ to travel to NYC for free healthcare.   He's an anti-gunner, way more vocal about it than other dems.

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Bloomy invited illegals from AZ to travel to NYC for free healthcare.   He's an anti-gunner, way more vocal about it than other dems.

You asked me a question and I answered.   Bloomberg is not a liar and flip flopping reptile like Mittens is.  Sure I disagree with him on most things - but he is a great financial manager and would cut spending and balance the books without the political bs attached to it. 

Bro - you dont live here!  Wait till you see what happens after he leaves. 

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Bloomberg over miTtens.

Seriously? It's kind of like a competition between retards, but in this case, Bloomberg is decidedly worse than Romney. At least Romney can kinda-sorta claim that he balanced the state budget without raising taxes, whereas Bloomberg balanced NYC's budget by increasing spending and raising taxes!

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Seriously? It's kind of like a competition between retards, but in this case, Bloomberg is decidedly worse than Romney. At least Romney can kinda-sorta claim that he balanced the state budget without raising taxes, whereas Bloomberg balanced NYC's budget by increasing spending and raising taxes!

Bloomberg has been a very good financial manager of this city.   I live here.   Of course i disagree with his nanny state bs.   That is without question. 

But I dont trust romney one bit. 

Bloomberg is at least upfront about shit. 

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The Club for Growth is one of the best fact-checkers around for fiscal conservatives...

"We want to set the record straight," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "As mayor of New York, Bloomberg presided over huge increases in spending, multiple tax increases, and whole new levels of government intrusion on individuals and businesses."

He was referring to Bloomberg approving an 18.5 percent property tax hike and income- and sales-tax increases to deal with a budget gap left by his predecessor, Rudy Giuliani, following an economic slowdown and the Sept. 11 attacks.

Bloomberg also more than doubled taxes on cigarettes and banned smoking in bars and restaurants, which the Club for Growth opposed as nannyism. The mayor has said the measures led to a 20 percent reduction in smoking.

Toomey said the numbers show that annual spending increased more under Bloomberg than Giuliani or David Dinkins.

City spending shot up 40 percent over his first five years as mayor, or more than double the 17 percent inflation rate over that period, according to a study by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Nicole Gelinas.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_QGYHgNTVL4Ad9HmUZDDELP#ixzz1ejFT1GKB

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Bloomberg has been a very good financial manager of this city.   I live here.   Of course i disagree with his nanny state bs.   That is without question. 

But I dont trust romney one bit. 

Bloomberg is at least upfront about shit. 

Nobody trusts Romney... But the fact is that Romney has a better record than Bloomberg. And yeah, I know, it's hard to believe that Romney has a better record than ANYONE. But it's true.

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Nobody trusts Romney... But the fact is that Romney has a better record than Bloomberg. And yeah, I know, it's hard to believe that Romney has a better record than ANYONE. But it's true.

isn't it weird what we're down to accepting?
Toss is lifetime DC troll newt, unprepared Cain, hapless Perry...
And of course, Ron Paul being 100% ignored...

Why did Jeb, Christy, Ryan, Jindal, Palin, and a slew of other candidates who could be leading right now - choose to sit out?
Did they know that an incumbent is damn impossible to beat?

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Why did Jeb, Christy, Ryan, Jindal, Palin, and a slew of other candidates who could be leading right now - choose to sit out?
Did they know that an incumbent is damn impossible to beat?

There are plenty of reasons to sit out an election. But if the people you listed really are smart (which I doubt), then they'd sit out this election because they know that they won't fix the economy. What the economy needs (first and foremost) is a quick but brutal market correction. Politicians simply don't have the proper incentives to let this happen... so they'll continue to prevent such a correction from happening, but in doing so, they'll also prevent any normal economic growth from occurring.