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Bloomberg for President Fantasies

· Monday, March 5, 2007 · 2 comments

Steven Taylor explains why the idea of Michael Bloomberg winning the presidency as an independent is “utter nonsense” and “nothing more than an exercise in sheer fantasy.”

I wrote much the same thing last December but some lessons require constant repetition.

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James Joyner
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  1. yetanotherjohn says:
    Monday, 5 March 2007 at 17:28

    Besides Bloomberg, exactly who is having these ‘fantasies’?

  2. James Joyner says:
    Monday, 5 March 2007 at 17:36

    Besides Bloomberg, exactly who is having these ‘fantasies’?

    Eleanor Clift, apparently. Still, the general idea of a 3rd party swoop-in candidate is out there.

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