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Michael Bloomberg on Presidential run, “Nope, not me!”

A pretty smart move, as it is a little late in the game now.

Via Bloomberg report Michael Bloomberg writes:

My parents taught me about the importance of giving back, and public service has been an important part of my life. After 12 years as mayor of New York City, I know the personal sacrifices that campaigns and elected office require, and I would gladly make them again in order to help the country I love.

I’ve always been drawn to impossible challenges, and none today is greater or more important than ending the partisan war in Washington and making government work for the American people — not lobbyists and campaign donors. Bringing about this change will require electing leaders who are more focused on getting results than winning re-election, who have experience building small businesses and creating jobs, who know how to balance budgets and manage large organizations, who aren’t beholden to special interests — and who are honest with the public at every turn. I’m flattered that some think I could provide this kind of leadership.

But when I look at the data, it’s clear to me that if I entered the race, I could not win. I believe I could win a number of diverse states — but not enough to win the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to win the presidency.

In a three-way race, it’s unlikely any candidate would win a majority of electoral votes, and then the power to choose the president would be taken out of the hands of the American people and thrown to Congress. The fact is, even if I were to receive the most popular votes and the most electoral votes, victory would be highly unlikely, because most members of Congress would vote for their party’s nominee. Party loyalists in Congress — not the American people or the Electoral College — would determine the next president.

A smart move on his part, it is a bit late in the race now to try to start a campaign. This is why Bloomberg is as wealthy as he is; because he is a smart cookie. Bloomberg might be a Democrat, but he is not an idiot. I would say that he might end up a Vice President; but Bloomberg does not strike me as the type to be a second banana. So, I am thinking he will bide his type, until the next election. Because, if Trump is elected, and his Presidency is a huge flop, Bloomberg can run as a Savior-type.

Just my 2 cents.

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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg exploits hurricane Sandy for political purposes

As you all remember, I hollered at people on the right and the left for doing it and even praised Chris Christie for not making hurricane sandy into a political issue.

Well, true to his partisan hack self; the idiotic Mayor of New York City endorses the President and cites, yes, climate change as his reason. Seriously.

Via Bloomberg:

The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of Tuesday’s presidential election into sharp relief.

The floods and fires that swept through our city left a path of destruction that will require years of recovery and rebuilding work. And in the short term, our subway system remains partially shut down, and many city residents and businesses still have no power. In just 14 months, two hurricanes have forced us to evacuate neighborhoods — something our city government had never done before. If this is a trend, it is simply not sustainable.

Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it might be — given this week’s devastation — should compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.

Here in New York, our comprehensive sustainability plan — PlaNYC — has helped allow us to cut our carbon footprint by 16 percent in just five years, which is the equivalent of eliminating the carbon footprint of a city twice the size of Seattle. Through the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group — a partnership among many of the world’s largest cities — local governments are taking action where national governments are not.

Go read the rest of that mind-numbing stupidity. Let me be clear here, I am not saying that I deny climate change at all. I simply believe that it is an unsettled science and I also believe that it is a science and cause that got horrible politicized by the left. I also believe that the results of the science, so far — have been horrible hyped by the left. Global warming studies and climate change studies ought be done away from anyone having anything remotely to do with politics.

In other words, I would like to have the studies done with some sort of integrity. Furthermore, I believe this science should not be a political football or wedge issue. Just like the auto industry, whom my Father actually worked in for 31 years. The auto industry became a political football, because of the TARP loans. This was disappointing to me, because when the auto industry is in your family like that, to see something that many men and woman worked to build for so many years; become a political football — it just hurts. Sad Before anyone says it; Yes, I know about the Romney ad. I was not happy to read about that and I wish Romney had not went there, at all. But, that, as they say, is politics.

Just like this endorsement — it is politics — and sometimes, politics sucks.

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