Comments on: Bloomberg to help steer us towards pragmatism

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:20:44 +0000

C Stanley,
Just goes to show, he isn't a centrist by any definition eh?

By: CStanley

CStanley — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:39:06 +0000

Yet here's a centrist who's critique of the current candidates repudiates most of the Democratic platform, not the Republican candidate's positions. Did anyone note what he criticized in his first paragraph? That the candidates are promising things they know they can't deliver, pretending they can bring jobs back with protectionism, pretending that education can be improved without testing, etc. Those are the Dems he's criticizing, so unless something changes it sounds to me that he's leaning toward McCain.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:54:50 +0000

This could provoke a fascinating and welcome race to the center

My opinion is that the Republicans have tacked so far to the extreme right that they have in a sense pulled the Democrats into what would traditionally be called the political center.

Is there anything the Democrats support that is as extreme as Gitmo, waterboarding, retroactive telecom immunity, using the DOJ to go after political opponents, refusing to talk to our enemies, preemptive war with Iran, cutting regulation of food, etc.?

By: PaulSilver

PaulSilver — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:59:22 +0000

I shiver with anticipation to learn that answer.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:50:15 +0000

I wonder what Bloomberg means by this. Is it sort of a send off where he announces that he won't run and makes a token gesture that he will help support a moderate? Or is it a genuine proposal where he might come on board with someone in a serious way, using his considerable resources as a supportive outside party or consultant?

Or maybe it's an offer to be VP??