This could be interesting. Via Balloon Juice: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he was dropping his Republican affiliation. While he continues to say that he has no plans to run for the presidency, his disaffiliation will add fuel to the speculation that he will run for the Presidency as an independent. He has a substantial personal fortune and could finance his own campaign. And, he was a Republican – in name, at least – who was able to win in New York City. He seems to have been a more effective city executive than his predecessor, Rudy Giuliani.
I’ll give him a look if he runs.
By what standard? Not according to crime, education or economic standards he isn’t.