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New York
Out of Race, Is Bloomberg As Relevant?
By GRACE RAUH | February 29, 2008
After basking in the national spotlight for months as a presidential tease, Mayor Bloomberg faces the prospect of diminished political relevance after ruling out an independent run for the White House.
Nader Run Could Open An Avenue for Bloomberg
By GRACE RAUH | February 25, 2008
The announcement that Ralph Nader will run for president as a third-party candidate may create an opening for Mayor Bloomberg to run as an independent.
Bloomberg's Bid & The McCain Factor
By DAVIDSON GOLDIN | February 5, 2008
Look for Mayor Bloomberg's limerence with running for president to fade away as Super Tuesday's votes are counted tomorrow night if they show Senator McCain as the presumptive Republican nominee.
System in Place for Mayor To Get on Ballot in All States
By GRACE RAUH | February 5, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg has a system in place to get on the ballot in all 50 states and could opt to launch the effort even before he makes a final decision on running for president, a pollster and political strategist who has worked for Mr. Bloomberg, Douglas Schoen, said.
High-Tech Campaign Is Eyed If Bloomberg Enters Race
By GRACE RAUH | February 4, 2008
Amid speculation that Mayor Bloomberg is contemplating a run for president, a supporter in California is amassing a network of entrepreneurs who could leap to his aid should he launch a campaign.
If Mayor Runs, 'Empirically, He Can Win'
By GRACE RAUH | February 1, 2008
A venture capitalist who founded a company expressly to support a presidential run by Mayor Bloomberg, and who is conducting nationwide voter analysis for the mayor, says his data show that Mr. Bloomberg can win the White House.
Bloomberg for No. 2 Spot Is Tempting for Some
By GRACE RAUH | January 11, 2008
As Mayor Bloomberg eyes a run for president, candidates from both parties are likely eyeing him — and his billions of dollars — for the no. 2 spot on a ticket.
Call Goes Out for 'National Unity'
By GRACE RAUH | January 8, 2008
That a national unity government would reverse America's "perilous" course and restore hope was the message from the nonpartisan conference here, starring Mayor Bloomberg...
Win Is Possible for Third Party, Schoen Says
By GRACE RAUH | January 4, 2008
A political strategist who has advised Mayor Bloomberg argues that America could elect a third-party candidate to be president in 2008.
Candidate Bloomberg's Task: Explaining Denials
By GRACE RAUH | January 2, 2008
If Mayor Bloomberg decides to go ahead with a presidential run, one of his first obstacles may be explaining to voters why, for the past two years, he has been denying that he has any plan to run for president...
Bloomberg's Electoral Calculus
By GRACE RAUH | December 7, 2007
States rich in electoral votes, such as New York, California, and Florida, could be Mayor Bloomberg's for the taking if he jumps into the presidential race next year as an independent candidate, political professionals say.
Mr. Bloomberg, a...
Has Bloomberg Found His Condoleezza?
By GRACE RAUH | November 27, 2007
A report that a foreign policy adviser in the Clinton administration who is a critic of the war in Iraq, Nancy Soderberg, is briefing Mayor Bloomberg about the war offers some indication of the foreign policy approach Mr. Bloomberg might take if he...
Bloomberg Can Wait a Year To Decide Whether To Run
By JILL GARDINER | March 30, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg could wait until as late as April 2008 to add his name to the list of presidential contenders.
A decision by next spring would give Mr. Bloomberg enough time to meet the nation's first ballot deadline, which is in Texas in May, a...
Bloomberg's Worth May Have Soared To Near $20 Billion
By JILL GARDINER | November 20, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg's net worth is far larger than previous estimates indicate, and may be in the $20 billion range, given the value of his financial news company.
An analysis by The New York Sun and conversations with people who have knowledge of the...
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All Eyes on Bloomberg
By JILL GARDINER | June 21, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg will be operating in a whole new political environment, to judge by appearances the day after he rocked the presidential race with news of his defection from the Republican Party.
Dozens of news reporters and television cameras packed...
Ballot Is Open If Mayor Opts For Campaign
By JOSH GERSTEIN | June 15, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg won't have much trouble getting on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate in 2008 if he chooses to mount a campaign, a leading authority on ballot access rules said yesterday.
"As long as he starts early enough, there...
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Editorials
No Guts, No Glory
February 5, 2008
As the two political parties go to the voters today to try to decide on their nominees, the third drama of the campaign is rapidly coming to a head — whether Mayor Bloomberg is going to enter the race.
Bloomberg-Gingrich
January 21, 2008
Our suggestion, in our recent "Six Scenarios" editorial, that Mayor Bloomberg and the former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, might be singing from the same political playbook elicited some skepticism from some of our friends in the national press corps.
'Open Your Eyes'
January 18, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg, in his state of the city speech yesterday, gave us all a glimpse of the kind of leadership he could, if he runs, provide on the national scene.
Norman Conquest?
January 8, 2008
It's hard to think of anyone who has called for Mayor Bloomberg to get into the presidential lists more often than this newspaper, but if the dirge that issued from Norman, Oklahoma, and the so-called Bipartisan Forum is a sign of things to come, it's hard to see the point.
The Logic of Bloomberg
January 4, 2008
Many of those laughing at the prospect of a Bloomberg bid may look at his prospects differently if the alternative is the two-way contest the Iowans are mooting between Governor Huckabee and Senator Obama.
Bloomberg's Denial
January 2, 2008
One of the first issues Mayor Bloomberg is going to have to reckon with if he goes public with the presidential campaign he has been nursing is why he has decided to deny for so long that he was going to run.
Bloomberg v. Giuliani
December 14, 2007
For those who had thought the presidential campaign was too small for two divorced mayors of New York who favor gay rights and abortion rights, things certainly are taking an interesting turn.
Bloomberg-McCain
December 13, 2007
A Bloomberg-McCain ticket would, precisely by joining together two candidates on opposite sides of several issues, underscore that the principles for which they would be fighting are larger still.
Bloomberg in China
December 12, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg acquitted himself well on his trip to Communist China, speaking up for capitalism and free speech. In one set of remarks he made there, he quoted a report by American experts that said China is emerging as a center for management...
The Quiet American
December 10, 2007
When the rest of the field is all tuckered out from feuding over fine points like who is the more ardent Christian and who is the most hostile to undocumented immigrants, Mayor Bloomberg will just be getting, in his quiet way, all tuned up.
Mr. Mayor, Aim High
July 18, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg is having an anger management problem with Albany, to judge by they way he ducked out of the proceedings in Albany Monday night and then by his press conference yesterday, where he lashed out at the Assembly over the speaker's refusal...
Bloomberg's Next Move
June 20, 2007
People tended to snicker when, on Feburary 8, 2006, we issued an editorial under the headline "Bloomberg for President?" And we don't mind saying that we've enjoyed watching one paper after another, from the New York Times to the Washington Post to...
Bloomberg on the Coast
September 22, 2006
One of the encouraging things about the recent New York Post poll showing public receptiveness to a presidential campaign by Mayor Bloomberg is that if Mr. Bloomberg ever made it to the White House, he'd presumably try to bring at least some of his...
Waiting for Bloomberg
May 17, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg has been back and forth between Washington and New York so frequently lately that he might want to think about applying for a second job as a flight attendant on the Delta Shuttle. On February 28, he was there calling for more federal...
Bloomberg for President?
February 8, 2006
There's no shortage of New Yorkers being mentioned in connection with the 2008 presidential campaign. Democrats have Senator Clinton as their front-runner. Republicans have Mayor Giuliani, who is showing respectably in the early polls, and the often...
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