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To: Road Walker who wrote (341177)	6/23/2007 12:35:34 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576627

"True, but if you split the dems then you could have a problem getting either a dem or an independent elected." That is assuming the ones who would vote Republican are a monolithic group. They aren't. And the current crop of Republican candidates are not making themselves appealing to anything but the now narrow 9/11 base, given that most of the evangelicals map closely onto the 9/11 issue. So the Republicans are split any way. Some, like mindmeld, have resigned themselves to voting Democratic. Others are going to latch onto an independent of some sort and won't vote for a Democrat. if there isn't a viable independent, then they likely just won't vote. I suspect that a Bloomberg would draw more from the Republicans that the Democrats as a result. If for no other reason a lot of the Democrat leaning voters are going to be afraid that if they don't vote Democratic then a Republican gets elected by default. While the Republican leaning voters are much more likely to jump ship.

To: Road Walker who wrote (341177)	6/23/2007 1:28:44 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576627

"The scenario I see is that if Bloomberg gets in the race and towards the end if it appears he can't he win he would probably withdraw and throw his support to the dem." Bloomberg is a very practical guy who's made several billion dollars. I suspect he's just doing a cost-free fan dance to force the (D)'s and, to a lesser extent the (R)'s, to deal with his issues, and won't run. Or, he might do as you suggest above, and end up being a kingmaker, or even a Cheney-level (without the evil agenda) VP. One of his rules of government is to "first do no harm".