Mayor Bloomberg Abandons Facade of Being a Republican
2nd November 2012
Historically, from John Lindsay to Nelson Rockefeller, New York Republicans have always been more interested in having the guy in office be called a Republican than actually be a Republican. This is what happens when they do that.
Of course, this sort of cunning is how Bloomberg got to be a billionaire in the first place: If he endorses Obama and Obama wins, then he has juice in Washington when he goes there asking for money for NYC. If he endorses Obama and Obama loses, it doesn’t matter, because no nominally Republican President will dare blow off a nominally Republican mayor of a major city when he goes there asking for money.
President John McCain would, of course, had told him to go lick his own testicles. Somehow I can’t see President Romney doing that — or President Bush, for that matter, considering how he supported Arlen Specter against Twomey last time a real Republican and a fake Republican faced off in a national election.
November 2nd, 2012 at 08:46
Why is this relevant? Bloomberg is an independent, not a Republican (nominal or otherwise).