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Matt Collins
11-20-2010, 02:32 PM
Many Republicans worry that if New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg runs for president in 2012, he will simply siphon votes away from the GOP, guaranteeing re-election for President Barack Obama. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who is considering a 2012 run for the White House himself, definitely shares that sentiment, The Hill reports (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/130107-haley-barbour-advises-michael-bloomberg-not-to-run-for-president).

"I hope Mayor Bloomberg won't even consider that," he told CNN. "But if there were a strong third-party candidate, there's no question in my mind that candidate would draw votes away from the Republican."

Bloomberg himself said Tuesday it’s doubtful an independent candidate could win a presidential race. "Party affiliation is so strong that ... you could get every independent vote, [and] it would still not be a majority," he said, according to Reuters.

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Barbour-Bloomberg-Don-t-Run/2010/11/19/id/377629

wormyguy
11-20-2010, 02:38 PM
Barbour or Bloomberg - who's worse?

nate895
11-20-2010, 03:13 PM
I doubt the liberal Bloomberg would siphon votes away from anything remotely resembling a conservative Republican. He is much more likely to siphon votes off of Obama if Obama's approval rating stay in the same region as they are now.

libertygrl
11-20-2010, 06:15 PM
Ugh! This is NOT GOOD. King Bloomberg got the NYC council to extend term limits so he could run for office again when his term was up. Of course he got elected again. Imagine what damage he would do if he became President?? Plus he's big time Anti- 2nd Amendment rights and Pro- Amnesty. And he's a BILLIONAIRE to boot. Just what the American people need... another wealthy globalist. :mad: