Friday, November 25, 2011

Has NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg Launched a Third-Party Run?

Political operative and dirty tricks specialist Roger Stone is speculating this may be so. Stone tweets:
Bloomberg attacks Obama over Supercommittee-- beginning of 3rd party run ??
This could be a fun presidential election four way race. If Ron Paul doesn't win the Republican nomination, it could be:

Barack Obama--Democrat

Mitt Romney--Republican

Ron Paul

Mike Bloomberg


If this happens, get ready for the "Demise of two party politics" stories. And, Ron Paul has a great chance of winning in a four way race. Run Mike, run!

10 comments:

  1. If Trump actually follows through, a five way race would be even more interesting, but how would anyone actually win if no one reached 270 electoral votes?

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  2. Or this:

    Barack Obama--Democrat
    Ron Paul--Republican
    Mike Bloomberg

    Maybe this is the establishment backup plan in case Ron Paul does somehow manage to win the nomination.

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  3. Actually, if you think about it, Obama has a base of between 30 to 40 percent. If Bloomberg runs and there are four major candidates, then Obama probably wins. If it's a 2 way or 3 way race, then Ron Paul has a better chance of winning. BTW, all of the breaking negative stuff on Gingrich has been coming from Bloomberg 'News,' and 'Broomberg News' consistently has only good reporting on Romney. Would say the higher probability is that if Romney gets the nomination, Bloomberg would not run, but that if Gingrich gets the nomination, then Bloomberg might run an independent campaign.

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  4. Trump is just vain enough to do it.

    Trump is the back up plan if Paul gets the nomination.

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  5. unfortunately Bloomberg wasn't doing these cameos to set up a third-party run, he was doing them in an effort to distract from the Occupy protests and his handling of Zucotti Park.

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  6. If Ron Paul runs in any party, he might win. Aren't even the sheeple ready for a non-wall street candidate?

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  7. Ron Paul will not run third party. Too many people have joined the party to influence its future. He'd be throwing these people to the curb since they'd be kicked out of their local party structure for supporting non-Republican candidates. Likewise, Ron's bolt from the Republican Party makes it tougher for Rand to eventually take over from Ron and do well within the Republican Party. Ron will not go third party. There's too much at stake when he loses.

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  8. If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives elects the President from the 3 Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each State delegation has one vote. The Senate would elect the Vice President from the 2 Vice Presidential candidates with the most electoral votes. Each Senator would cast one vote for Vice President. If the House of Representatives fails to elect a President by Inauguration Day, the Vice-President Elect serves as acting President until the deadlock is resolved in the House.

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  9. There is no way Ron Paul would win such a race. The Liberals and the Democrats are not going to leave Obama under any circumstance. Memories of Florida, Ralph Nader, and 2000 still haunt them.

    There is one thing for which I do respect the Liberal Democrats. They may talk bi-partisanship and compromise but they hang together to further their agenda. Despite Chris Mathews' observations, they will circle the wagons and do everything they can to keep Obama in the White House.

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  10. I think this fits with this discussion ...

    Sign petition & make viral if you agree: Message to GOP re: Ron Paul http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/message-to-the-GOP/

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