Ryan Seacrest Got "the Get": Bloomberg Rules out Presidential Bid

[CorpGovActivist]

I wasn't sure if a brain cell too many was dizzy or not when I heard this last night, but http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&um=1&tab=wn&q=bloomberg+seacrest">Bloomberg ruled out a bid in response to Ryan Seacrest's question.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

- Dave

[hisownpetard]

1. Wow. The new top three of investigative journalists:

Carl Bernstein
Greg Palast
Ryan Seacrest

Sounds good to me!

[CorpGovActivist]

3. You Just Know That Wolfie...

... is throwing things in his dressing room over this.

- Dave

[hisownpetard]

10. Yeah, and so is Baba Wawa and Carson Daly.

[CorpGovActivist]

12. Oprah...

... hasn't been this miffed since Barbara Streisand painted her mike ivory.

:rofl:

- Dave

[tekisui]

2. Good, no Bloomberg.

[CorpGovActivist]

4. Amen! n/t

[undeterred]

5. Is he going to try out for Amerkin Idol instead?

[CorpGovActivist]

6. Could Be n/t

[monmouth]

7. Which leads me to conclude, those "consultants" or whomever he

paid big bucks to re the viability of a Bloomberg run returned with negative news. Kudos..

[CorpGovActivist]

9. Poor Billionaire...

... he'll just have to build a replica of the White House.

; )

- Dave

[flamin lib]

8. k&r nt

[corbett]

11. I Caught It Live But Interpreted It Differently (Without Spiked Egg Nog)

Technically, if he runs and wins, he'll only be President-elect on New Year's Eve 2008. He wouldn't have to step down as Mayor of NYC until he is inaugurated. I'm not saying that he convinced me last night but the inside details I've been hearing are that he already has allocated $1 billion of his money for a run and will make his final decision soon after the Democratic nominee is known.

[monmouth]

13. Ahh, you have enlightened me. I learn something new every day.. Thanks..eom

[CorpGovActivist]

14. I Didn't Fully Trust the No...

... especially in the state I was in.

; )

- Dave

[applegrove]

15. Thank gosh. I wasn't looking forward to that.

[CorpGovActivist]

16. Let's Just Hope He Doesn't "Hear the Call of the People..."

... a.k.a., the voices in his head, clamoring for him to run and rescue a grateful nation.

:eyeroll:

- Dave

[CK_John]

17. He doesn't run for subways or taxis either, but if asked to be a nominee that a different story. n/t

[CorpGovActivist]

23. *snicker* n/t

[alfredo]

18. He's Jewish and from New York. He won't win. He might pull some

from the middle, but I doubt it.

From what I heard he will only run if the parties nominate from the fringes of their party.

[TwilightGardener]

19. Yep, that's why he's meeting with Soderberg and Kissinger for foreign

policy advice. He's been denying--strongly denying--he'll run for months, but I'm pretty sure the meeting in Oklahoma next week isn't just to bemoan the state of politics. If it's April, and no Bloomberg, then he's not running.

[CorpGovActivist]

20. I Suppose He May Just Be...

... positioning for "most informed gadfly," or he may be able to run with Hagel as Veep, if he runs.

- Dave

[TwilightGardener]

21. You mean Hagel will run at the top of the ticket? I don't think Bloomberg

would spend all that money for Hagel to be President, and for himself to only be VP. Although Hagel is more electable--it would probably be the smart way to go.

[CorpGovActivist]

22. Outsized Ego vs. Pragmatism...

... depends on which side of the bed Bloomberg rolls out of on any given day.

; )

- Dave