Post-partisan? Try Neo-Partisan

All the discussion about third parties is amusing to me, and I'm a big-time idealist.

I just read a NYT article about Michael Bloomberg, "Unity08" and spoilers of old. ("Bloomberg Moves Closer to Running for President").

What got my attention (aside from a preoccupation with purported spoiler Ralph Nader to the exclusion of obvious spoiler Ross Perot) was a statement from Sam Waterson--who founded "Unity08," about their desire for a "bipartisan, nonpartisan, postpartisan ticket." Yeah, right. The reality is that Bloomberg knows he can decide an election, whether or not he wins it.

From the article:

"Meanwhile, he thoroughly enjoys the attention, and despite the public denials, suggests that he is poised to run if the political stars align themselves for a long-shot, but credible, independent campaign. During a private reception this month, Mr. Bloomberg playfully presided over a personal variation of bingo, in which guests could win by correctly guessing the significance of the numbers on a printed card.

“Two hundred seventy-one?” Mr. Bloomberg asked.

One guest guessed correctly: It was George W. Bush’s bare electoral-vote majority in 2000.
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