{"id":12411,"date":"2016-01-23T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T17:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12411"},"modified":"2016-01-23T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T17:40:30","slug":"bloomberg-still-thinking-about-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12411","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg still thinking about running"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears that Mayor Bloomberg<\/a> is still thinking about running for president<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg \u2013 a onetime moderate Republican who has crusaded on gun control — is considering throwing $1 billion of his vast fortune into an independent, stop-Donald Trump bid for president, according to a person familiar with his plans. He has set March as a deadline, according to the source, and his decision will likely be contingent on the results of early primaries, and he’s more likely to take the leap if the “extremes” — meaning Trump, Ted Cruz<\/a> or Democrat Bernie Sanders<\/a> prevail …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interesting that it is reported as a stop Trump effort.\u00a0 I do not know what sort of personal relationship these two have with each other.<\/p>\n

“… Bloomberg\u2019s exploration of a bid, first reported in the New York Times on Saturday, is motivated by his belief that the ascent of Trump, a fellow billionaire the business information executive has known for two decades, represents a crisis in the two-party system that calls for a third-party solution …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t believe it. I think it is Bloomberg’s ego.\u00a0 Trump took the plunge and Bloomberg didn’t.\u00a0 Trump is enjoying the limelight and nobody is calling Bloomberg for his opinion.<\/p>\n

“… He has discussed a number of potential strategies with a collection of advisers and friends — including the possibility of concentrating his immense resources on a single state like Florida, which both major-party candidates need — to leverage changes in policy …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, he wants to make gun control an issue for the Republicans.<\/p>\n

“… The two-term former mayor, who governed with a middle-of-the-road philosophy of social liberalism and low-tax conservatism, has struggled to gain political traction since leaving office in 2013 …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is because his political philosophy of big government, less personal freedom is very similar to that of Hillary Clinton<\/a>, Trump and Sanders.\u00a0 There is only so much room in the pool.\u00a0 Other than a lot of money, what is he bringing to the table which is not already there?<\/p>\n