Run, Mike Bloomberg!

Why the man is THE MAN:

He is Green
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Signs Executive Order Establishing Committee ToReduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From City Owned Buildings AndOperations By 30 Percent Over The Next Decade - Fulfilling PlaNYCCommitment

He Fixed New York schools
Mayor Bloomberg Accepts Broad Prize for Urban Education Recognizing NewYork City as Nation's Most Improved Urban School District

He is Amazing in Public Health
Mayor Bloomberg Accepts The Julius B. Richmond Award From The Harvard School Of Public Health

He Knows how to run an economy
Statement By Mayor Michael Bloomberg On New York City's Lowest Unemployment Rate Ever

He is Fiscally Responsible
Smart Spending

He is sensible about guns
Mayor Bloomberg And Senator Lautenberg Announce Support For Sen. FrankLautenberg -- Rep. Peter King Bill To Keep Guns Out Of Terrorist Hands

He is a visionary in the field of Affordable Housing
Mayor Bloomberg And Governor Spitzer Open First Green Affordable Housing Residential Development In New York

He is a world class Philanthropist
Record Breaking Giving

He is on the "correct" side of almost every issue out there. Sure there are things to find fault with... I guess.. if you look hard enough. You can hold it against him that he's divorced, or that he is "too rich". But these facts don't seem to play a role in how he's governed New York, or how he would govern the US. He doesn't need more money, he doesn't need more power, he is in this most difficult game not for respect, but to help people. He knows he can do a better job than those currently in power becuase he has done it. New York is no easy place to run and he's done it with aplomb. I don't even really think we should be asking, is this man good enough to deserve the position of power, we should be asking ourselves, are we truly worthy of finally having good leadership.

I'm not sure what that answer is. I know I want it to be yes, but if it turns out it is really terribly difficult to raise ground up support for such a great man, I'm not sure what it means for us, what it shows of us.

Urge this man to run, give this man a starting place for when he does, let me know there legions of us out there who want him, urging him to run.

This post started as an email I was trying to write to a friend explaining why he should help me with this blog and this movement, but after writing it I figured I should just throw it up. The problem is, as a blogger I'm not really that good. It's not tough to find flattering articles about Michael Bloomberg, they flood my inbox every day, its that I have a hard time getting excited about the newest amazing thing he has done becuase I already expect it from him. I find it terribly difficult to write yet another post about how he's done xyz thing. It seems almost to obvious, look at his record, look at what he stands for, I shouldn't have to give another reason why people should want him to run, people should be beating down his door.

But, this is the point of people like me and of sites like this one. Help me, I know there are people who believe what I believe, I hear from you all the time. Join this cause, I am telling you it is not for nothing. He will run, and you can make a difference.

If I was a Bloomberg Strategist, I would be excited by today’s news. Hillary is trailing all top Republican Candidates. This is big, this is really big. We have an incumbent party every loves to hate, and the democrats have found a way to set themselves up to clutch defeat at the hands of victory.

Why does this matter for Bloomberg? I’ll tell you; this leaves a huge gaping whole in the democratic party of people who are looking for an elect able alternative that is anything that is not Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani. Bloomberg would give them this opportunity.

So far, most people, when asked who Bloomberg would take votes from are saying it would be Republicans. This means Democrats would not be afraid to vote for a third party that they, in their heart of hearts, like better than Hillary. So that huge percentage of democrats would refuse to vote for Hillary would probably join the Bloomberg Camp. He then would take the swath of Republican voters that are looking to an alternative to the neo-con scary right of Romney or Giuliani.

Stay tuned, day by day, I get increasingly excited about the B man. I have called it before, but I’m telling you, after the primary’s our man is in the race.

I’m not sure how many of you watch the Republican CNN/YouTube Debate last night but I did. If you did not, let me just say this… good choice. Just listening to these blowhards out compete each other for who hates immigrants more, or who loves American values better than the man next to him is sickening.

I especially loved CNN’s attempt to focus the entire debate on Rudy and Romney, but this post isn’t about republican candidates, but about the genius of Bloomberg. I don’t believe anyone on that stage won in the eyes of the American people. When there are 8 people (or however many it was) on the stage at one time, each only slightly differing from the others, and comments are limited to around 30 seconds, the pressure to say simplistic sound bites is just too tempting. Nuanced points are impossible in these arenas. I bet any of those candidates, even the CNN favorites, would prefer to skip this process and just be on stage with 1 Republican and 1 Democrat.

This is what Bloomberg is doing, by waiting he is actually cutting through the messiness of pre-primary politics. When he finally joins he race he will have an opportunity to jump right into that very situation. By putting a smart, articulate candidate, unspoiled by months of negative attacks, on stage with whoever comes out of the mud fight in both the Republican and Democratic camps, it is clear that the American people will see who is most presidential.

By my sources I have been assured, the campaign is being “Actively Managed” as we speak. I bet they had this same thought process a year ago, and I believe it is working perfectly.

I’m not sure how many of you watch the Republican CNN/YouTube Debate last night but I did. If you did not, let me just say this… good choice. Just listening to these blowhards out compete each other for who hates immigrants more, or who loves American values better than the man next to him is sickening.

I especially loved CNN’s attempt to focus the entire debate on Rudy and Romney, but this post isn’t about republican candidates, but about the genius of Bloomberg. I don’t believe anyone on that stage won in the eyes of the American people. When there are 8 people (or however many it was) on the stage at one time, each only slightly differing from the others, and comments are limited to around 30 seconds, the pressure to say simplistic sound bites is just too tempting. Nuanced points are impossible in these arenas. I bet any of those candidates, even the CNN favorites, would prefer to skip this process and just be on stage with 1 Republican and 1 Democrat.

This is what Bloomberg is doing, by waiting he is actually cutting through the messiness of pre-primary politics. When he finally joins he race he will have an opportunity to jump right into that very situation. By putting a smart, articulate candidate, unspoiled by months of negative attacks, on stage with whoever comes out of the mud fight in both the Republican and Democratic camps, it is clear that the American people will see who is most presidential.

By my sources I have been assured, the campaign is being “Actively Managed” as we speak. I bet they had this same thought process a year ago, and I believe it is working perfectly.