Sunday, February 3, 2008
McCain Makes Bloomberg Weary
McCain's unexpected victories have befuddled many. No one really expected McCain to become the leader of the Republican party. McCain's triumph in several states, including Florida, makes Mayor Bloomberg consider even more in depth if he should run as a third party. It is problematic for Bloomberg that McCain is in the lead because most of the people that would support Bloomberg are now supporting McCain. Bloomberg and McCain have very similar political ideologies, for this reason the people that McCain is attracting currently are the type of people that would support Bloomberg, these are Moderate Democrats. Another complication that has come about as the result of McCain's rise to the top is that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently endorsed McCain. Governor Schwarzenegger gave his support to McCain on Thursday. The reason that Bloomberg and McCain are very much a like is that both have some democratic views and some republican views. Before McCain became the front runner Bloomberg had a purpose to run as an independent. Bloomberg would offer the fresh non-partisan take on things, and would combine both democratic as well as republican ideologies. Bloomberg will for now be looking into the future, particularly to March 5th because this is when the independent candidates may begin collecting signatures in Texas.
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It seems as though, prior to McCain's surge to the top of the Republican ticket, Bloomberg would have run as an Independent--taking voters from the left side, and therefore helping the Republicans. McCain's lead over the Republicans does not surprise me, for his moderate tendencies is a response to his opponent's ultra-conservatism. Of course, I figured the leading moderate would have been Guiliani, if it wasn't for his poor campaign strategy. So, I'm curious to see if Bloomberg will even attempt to run or if he will wait it for the next elections.
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