Common Sense

Apparently he has left the GOP and switched his registration to “unaffiliated.”

NEW YORK - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday switched his party status from Republican to unaffiliated, a stunning move certain to be seen as a prelude to an independent presidential bid that would upend the 2008 race.

The billionaire former CEO, who was a lifelong Democrat before he switched to the GOP for his first mayoral run, said the change in voter registration does not mean he is running for president.

Don’t blame me, I’m not making him do it. It’s not like I had a sharpshooter with a Remington .308 pointed at his head if he didn’t drop the bomb. I didn’t!

Really, I don’t think he’s going to run. We have enough New York mayors running for president as it is. He may be angling for a Ron Paul’s running mate, though.