Obama-Bloomberg Meeting

[toasty]

Anyone see this?

Obama Bloomberg hold mystery meeting

WASHINGTON (CNN) — New York may be Sen. Hillary Clinton’s home turf – but the man in charge, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, met this morning with Barack Obama, one of her chief rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/11/30/obama-bloomberg-hold-mystery-meeting/

This could be interesting. Who knows why they were actually meeting -- probably just the potential for an endorsement or something -- but I could really get behind an Obama-Bloomberg ticket, and I can't think of a Republican that would stand a chance. Hopefully, this is a precursor to bigger things...

[Jenks]

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i get a half chub thinking about that ticket.

[rubyraks]

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That ticket may have to wait, Bloomy may have a shot at a third term if city council members cut back on term limits like they'd like to do (so they could keep their jobs longer...just what we need more incumbent politicians in this city )

[toasty]

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That ticket may have to wait, Bloomy may have a shot at a third term if city council members cut back on term limits like they'd like to do (so they could keep their jobs longer...just what we need more incumbent politicians in this city )

With all due respect to NYC, you think he'd pass up a spot as VP to stay Mayor?

Man, that would be quite a ticket. You've got Obama, whom I'm totally behind. Then you've got Bloomberg, who is liberal on the social issues I care about, but conservative on the fiscal side, which I love -- plus, it would be a real world example of Obama not just talking about reaching across the aisle, but actually reaching across the aisle (although I get that Bloomberg is technically no longer a Republican), so he's walking his walk.

Would it be unprecedented to announce a VP running mate before the primaries? It would help Obama a ton in the general election to have Bloomberg as a running mate, but I'm honestly not sure if that would help or hurt him in the primary -- that might not sit well with the really liberal primary voters on the far left. That said, I think Democratic primary voters realize in the wake of Kerry that having someone who can win the general election is paramount, and Obama/Bloomberg would be a slam dunk, I would think, so there's that...

Probably won't happen anyway, so I'm just talking out of my ass here, but it's an interesting thought...

[rubyraks]

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With all due respect to NYC, you think he'd pass up a spot as VP to stay Mayor?

possibly, but for the most part the only reason he got into politics in the first place was to better manage his hometown and no one's entirely sure, himself included, whether his aspirations are even in the realm of national politics.

[toasty]

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Check out this article. Man, I would really love to see this ticket come together...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/02/28/2008-02-28_barack_obamas_dream_ticket_mike_bloomber.html

[Huggie Smiles]

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Who knows why they were actually meeting -- probably just the potential for an endorsement or something -- ...

I think thats all folks.

[toasty]

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I think thats all folks.

Not trying to be obtuse, but I'm totally not understanding you here. Are you saying, "That's all, it was just a meeting," or "If this happens, it's over?" Or something else entirely?

[thesightless]

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possibly, but for the most part the only reason he got into politics in the first place was to better manage his hometown and no one's entirely sure, himself included, whether his aspirations are even in the realm of national politics.

not to mention the idea of "the buck stops here". here being his desk, and the buck being "final say".

he loves the control, authority, and lock down he can lay out. in federal gov't he wouldnt get anything done. and he would step down before he allowed himself to be a failure.

[Huggie Smiles]

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Not trying to be obtuse, but I'm totally not understanding you here. Are you saying, "That's all, it was just a meeting," or "If this happens, it's over?" Or something else entirely?

I think its just an endorsement conversation - not a running mate conversation.
IMO