Michael Bloomberg: “I’m not running for President”

February 28, 2008

(Long Island, N.Y.) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ended a two year speculation on his intentions whether or not to run for the Oval Office this year by declaring he will not seek the White House in a released statement for the New York Times.

Mayor Bloomberg has steadily gained supporters recently and a group of businessman and associates have created the foundation for an independent campaign for the US presidency for the Billionaire businessman. In his latest op-ed piece with the New York Times, Bloomberg said “I believe that an independent approach to these issues is essential to governing our nation — and that an independent can win the presidency. I listened carefully to those who encouraged me to run, but I am not — and will not be — a candidate for president.”

Michael Rubens Bloomberg has been a Democrat for the majority part of his political career but shifted partisans when he ran for the Republican Party in the Mayoral elections for New York City in 2001 usurping former mayor Rudy Giullani who attempted to run for presidency under the Republicans this year but dropped out after a tough loss in the Florida primaries. In 2005, he was re-elected to be New York City’s mayor and has been consistently mentioned as a possible independent candidate for the Oval Office.

“I listened carefully to those who encouraged me to run, but I am not — and will not be — a candidate for president,” he wrote. “I have watched this campaign unfold, and I am hopeful that the current campaigns can rise to the challenge by offering truly independent leadership.” He also indicated his intentions on giving out his support to a bi-partisan candidate for the coming elections who can “steer the national conversation away from partisanship and toward unity; away from ideology and toward common sense; away from sound bites and toward substance.”

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