The already wide-open 2008 presidential race could get even crazier if New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (in photo) decides to enter the race as an independent, third-party candidate, as reports suggest he might.
Bloomberg will attend a bipartisan “unity†conference today at the University of Oklahoma with other moderate leaders such as outgoing Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who’s been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate on a Bloomberg ticket.
Organizers say they want to encourage the major parties to field candidates that will move Washington, D.C., politics beyond their bitter partisan divide. If there’s evidence of continued gridlock on the campaign trail, Bloomberg might offer himself as an alternative, the thinking goes.
If he doesn’t run, it won’t be for lack of money.
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