Mayor Bloomberg's trip to the University of Oklahoma to caucus with a bipartisan group of current and former politicians and grouse about Washington gridlock only fueled the fires of speculation that he is preparing a Presidential run. People are already strategizing about who his ideal running mate would be. Bloomberg is sticking to his (anti-)guns, however, and still claiming that he is not a candidate. But his pollster told the LA Times that our Mayor is seriously considering a run and will make a decision in the next two months.
The real purpose of the conference was supposed to build support for bipartisan cooperation. As former Senator David Boren put it: "We come together to resurrect that kind of bipartisan statesmanship that united us as Americans to win the Cold War."
In our post about the trip to the Sooner State, we featured a picture of Master of the Universe Bloomberg acting the good guest by personally bringing his hosts three cheesecakes from Junior's. This impressed commenter emilydickinson:
"I like how Mayor Mike rolls with his own cheese cake in hand. You'd think he would have a manservant or a cheesecake holder for that. I'd vote for Mayor Mike in a heartbeat."
To read the full thread of comments, that includes little love for New York's junior Senator, see here.
