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Dick Morris: Bloomberg Can Win 2008 Race
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg can win the presidency in 2008 if he runs as an independent, says political strategist Dick Morris. Not only is the billionaire Republican a viable candidate for the White House, but the time has never been better for an independent to triumph in the general election, according to Morris. If Hillary Clinton gets the Democratic nomination and a staunch conservative like Virginia Sen. George Allen defeats John McCain or Rudy Giuliani for the GOP nod, "the way will be wide open for a strong independent candidate,” the former White House adviser writes in the New York Post. "Both parties seem hell-bent on nominating extremely vulnerable candidates who cater to their ideological peculiarities more than to the broad middle of the American electorate. As a result, the time is riper for victory by a third-party candidate than it has ever been in our nation's history.” Is Bloomberg considering a 2008 run? As NewsMax reported in its e-mail newsletter, Insider Report, this past weekend, Bloomberg has been giving friends in New York mixed signals. At a recent Greenwich Village fund-raiser for Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., Bloomberg was asked about an 2008 run, to which he replied, "Absolutely not." Then he quickly added, "And anybody who's running will say exactly that." According to the New Republic, New York public relations "eminence” Howard Rubenstein related that Bloomberg priced out an Oval Office run at a dinner party in April: "I could easily put up half a billion," the mayor said. Morris sees much to recommend in a Bloomberg candidacy:
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"That education makes it unlikely that he will implode with paranoia or be rattled by the antics of the party national committees, as Perot was,” Morris points out.
Bloomberg has flourished as a Republican mayor in a liberal, Democratic city, under the close watch of the media and electorate.
In the Senate, on the other hand, the media is similarly focused only on the rare occasions when major legislation is being debated. And a governor can remain nearly invisible except when the legislature is in session, according to Morris’ column in the Post.
And Democrats would find his pro-choice stance and his positions on gun control, gay rights, and affirmative action very attractive, Morris writes. "His pro-city focus could attract large Democratic support, and he’d probably bring into his column the bluest of blue states – New York.” Bloomberg, Morris insists, could "not just hurt Hillary Clinton or the Republicans, but actually win the White House.”
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