| Michael Bloomberg leaves Republican Party |
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| Written by Stu Norman | ||||||
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
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New York Mayor and billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg announced today he is defecting the Republican Party to become an independent. The move is a signal that Bloomberg is most likely getting ready to run in the 2008 Presidential Election. Michael Bloomberg's office released the following statement: "I have filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to change my status as a voter and register as unaffiliated with any political party. Although my plans for the future haven't changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have lead and will continue to lead our city." Online betting giant Sportsbook.com has Bloomberg at 150 to 1 to become the President of the United State in 2008. Bloomberg would be a force to be reckoned with due to his deep pockets and financial connections. The billionaire spent $100 million in his campaigns for New York Mayor and in all likelihood would spend the same in a 2008 Presidential run. Now more than ever, the United States needs someone in the White House that can bridge the divide between Republicans and Democrats. Bloomberg has admitted to smoking marijuana and even used seems open to betting. Bloomberg was still a mayoral candidate when New York magazine last year asked him whether he had ever inhaled from a marijuana joint. His reply: "You bet I did. And I enjoyed it." The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Foundation, or NORML, invoked the mayor's one-time praise for pot in a $500,000 pro-decriminalization print ad campaign. "A nonpartisan approach has worked wonders in New York: we've balanced budgets, grown our economy, improved public health, reformed the school system and made the nation's safest city even safer," Bloomberg said. "We have achieved real progress by overcoming the partisanship that too often puts narrow interests above the common good. As a political independent, I will continue to work with those in all political parties to find common ground, to put partisanship aside and to achieve real solutions to the challenges we face." |
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