Bloomberg Wants To Be A GoOPer

Bloomberg has been making plenty of news lately. Budget squabbles, ducking rockets in Israel and shouting his opinion on whatever, wherever he can. He certainly likes to be in the limelight. It might just be the reason he wants to run for Mayor for a third term, not only to hold onto power but to remain relevant. He relishes the attention. Though when it comes to being on the ballot, position counts immensely.

So why is it that he wants to be a Republican again?

Mayor Bloomberg has begun reaching out to city Republican leaders to gauge whether he could run on the GOP line in his re-election bid this year, several sources told The Post.

The maneuvering began in the past two weeks, and sources said the mayor is expected to try to run on a major-party as well as a third-party line, likely one of his own creation.

Several sources said Bloomberg's political aides have started reaching out to GOP chairs in the five boroughs, including Manhattan's Jennifer Saul.

This comes from the conservative NY Post, but if its true, it shows that Bloomberg is weak. Not that he doesn't have plenty of money to run with, but that the Democratic leaders must have refused him access to the coveted Row A on the ballot this year. Instead he'll have to show everyone what a floosy he is in order to get as high as he can on the ballot. He still has an excellent chance of winning a third term (even if it is because of dubious circumstances of his own making) but if the Democrats can come up with one strong challenger, we might just be able to dethrone Mayor Mike this come November.