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Mike Bloomberg inches closer to independent presidential run

Seeing an &quotunsettled field,&quot New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is reportedly seriously mulling a run for president as an independent candidate.
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Rep. King to battle president on terror fund cuts

Rep. Peter King said he will organize a GOP mutiny against the Bush administration’s budget unless it withdraws a proposal to slash antiterror funds to the New York metropolitan area and other communities. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has called the proposal &quotstunning,&quot said Monday he would do &quotwhatever he could&quot to help King kill it.
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Is IndyMac Looking To Unload Financial Freedom?

According to a recent article from Bloomberg, IndyMac CEO Michael Perry mentions that the company is considering selling part of its reverse mortgage business. IndyMac bought Financial Freedom in 2004 for 125 million and Perry estimates the current value at 300 million to 500 million. Since acquiring Financial Freedom, IndyMac has recouped 13
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Bloomberg leads ‘unity’ challenge Los Angeles Times

Sets a bipartisan meeting for oklahoma to discuss seeking a national unity government, possibly with a third-party run. New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a potential independent candidate for president, has scheduled a meeting next week with a dozen leading Democrats and Republicans, who will join him in challenging the major-party contenders to spell out their plans for forming a …
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Bloomberg plays waiting game

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been weighing a presidential run for months, telling aides he wants to wait until early next year to see how the race shapes up. With front-runners Hillary Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani slipping in the polls, billionaire Bloomberg might see an opening for a centrist independent candidate with the financial…..
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Bipartisan Group Eyes Independent Bid

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a potential independent candidate for president, has scheduled a meeting next week with a dozen leading Democrats and Republicans, who will join him in challenging the major-party contenders to spell out their plans for forming a &quotgovernment of national unity&quot to end the gridlock in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com

Former President Clinton Supports Bloomberg

While in the Bronx with Mayor Michael Bloomberg Friday to unveil a new initiative to make public housing more environmentally friendly, former President Bill Clinton lavished praise on the mayor but admitted that he wouldn??t like to see the mayor as one of his wife??s presidential rivals. NY1??s Rita Nissan filed the following report.
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Bloomberg moves closer to running for president

Buoyed by the still unsettled field, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is growing increasingly enchanted with the idea of launching an independent presidential bid, and his aides are aggressively laying the groundwork for him to run. // Viral // Permalink // from MSNBC.com: U.S. news //
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Bloomberg moves closer to running for president MSNBC

Buoyed by the still unsettled field, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is growing increasingly enchanted with the idea of launching an independent presidential bid, and his aides are aggressively laying the groundwork for him to run.
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Milfred: Wisconsin is ripe for Bloomberg bid - Wisconsin State Journal

The best hope for that is New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a no-nonsense problem-solver with vast personal wealth to spend on an unconventional …
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Creating People-Friendly Streets in New York City

Two key goals of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PlaNYC 2030 are to reduce traffic congestion and increase open space. City agencies, including the Department of Transportation under its new bicycle-riding commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, are working intensively to lay the plan’s groundwork before the end of the mayor’s term.
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Techies Back Mike Bloomberg

For the past few weeks, New York’s tech scene has been semi-quietly anticipating the Silicon Alley Insider’s inaugural &quotSilicon Alley 100&quot list for 2007. … In the number one spot? New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, himself an entrepreneur and the 25th wealthiest man in America.
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Unite for Mike Bloomberg for President

Barack may have Oprah stumping for him, but the folks who feel Mayor Michael Bloomberg would be the best candidate for president this coming year are not letting things be decided by the media moguls. To help organize their favorite billionaire’s undeclared potential, the &quotDraft Bloomberg&quot camp has launched UniteforMike.com.
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Michael Bloomberg on Free Wi-Fi, Crime, and Higher Office

Michael Bloomberg is different. He’s a politician without a party, a numbers geek in a job for orators, a local official taking on national issues like climate change and federal gun laws.
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Running from love and the law in NYC 2030

When Mayor Michael Bloomberg switched parties in June, he may well have been the last Republican mayor New York will see for 30 years. &quotEvery three decades or so, a Republican wins for mayor,&quot said Ed Koch, mayor from 1978-1989. &quotIt was unusual for Bloomberg to follow Giuliani. We shouldn’t expect another Republican mayor for at least 30 years.&quot
www.amny.com

CBS Early Show Hypes Urgent News on Global Warming

At the top of Thursday??s CBS &quotEarly Show,&quot co-host Harry Smith excitedly teased the upcoming segment: &quotFrom Bali, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in an exclusive interview as he’s set to address scientists from around the world, gathering to stem global warming for generations to come.&quot
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Michael Bloomberg ranked 1 most influential for NY tech/biz

From Silicon Alley Insider’s annual Silicon Alley 100 list… IAC’s Barry Diller came in at 2.
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‘Arms race’ may lead to 5 billion ‘08 election

Spending for the national campaigns, presidential and congressional, will top 5 billion. If billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, self-finances an independent bid, add as much as 20 percent more.
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NYT: Bloomberg Moves Closer To Running For President

Buoyed by the still unsettled field, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is growing increasingly enchanted with the idea of an independent presidential bid, and his aides are aggressively laying the groundwork for him to run. On Sunday, the mayor will join Democratic and Republican elder statesmen at the University of Oklahoma in what the conveners are billing as an effort to pressure the major party candidates to renounce partisan gridlock. Former Senator David L. Boren of Oklahoma, who organized th
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Michael Bloomberg Calls for Carbon Tax at UN Summit in Bali

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has won praise for his ambitious sustainability plan for the largest U.S. city, said that a carbon tax, as compared to regulation-heavy carbon trading, would be a much more efficient and fair way to limit greenhouse gas pollution.
www.thedailygreen.com

Bloomberg Moves Closer to Running for President

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is growing increasingly enchanted with the idea of making an independent presidential bid.
www.nytimes.com

Bipartisanship for the sake of bipartisanship

David Broder reported yesterday, and the NYT??s Sam Roberts adds today, that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is still laying the groundwork for an independent presidential campaign, and will meet a week from today with some relatively high-profile politicians from both parties in the hopes of forming a ???government of national unity.??? Those who will be at the Jan. 7 session at the University of Oklahoma say that if the likely nominees of the two parties do not pledge to ???go beyond tokenism
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Run Mike Run - Michael Bloomberg for President

Reasons to draft New York Mayor and self-made billionaire Michael Bloomberg to make an independent run for President of the United States in the 2008 US election.
www.runmikerun.com

Climate Conference in Bali

Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, will address in the conference. At a meeting in Seattle which he attended this month, he said that it is time for the United States &quotto re-establish its leadership on all issues of international importance, including climate change.&quot
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The Daily 2008 - RealClearPolitics Blog

&quotBloomberg Moves Closer to Running for President&quot Sam Roberts, New York Times Could the siren song of history prove too much for NYC Mayor Michael …The Early Word: Farewell, 2007 New York Times Blogs
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