Bloomberg Update

Look America, you want Mike Bloomberg to be your President. Seriously.

He still claims he's not running, but after bringing NY a record 4.4 billion dollar surplus, increasing library hours, giving homeowners a 7 percent cut in taxes, and now supporting a hefty incentive plan to give kids money for grades, he's doing a nationwide tour just to let people know what he's about. And what he's about it competent, pragmatic leadership:

"The country is in trouble," he told thousands of Google employees in a morning speech in Silicon Valley. "I don't think you can blame either party.... I think they've all done this together...

"On Iraq, Bloomberg criticized people calling for an immediate withdrawal of troops as not having thought clearly about the consequences.


"He called the country's "anti-immigration" policy a national "disgrace" and slammed the Bush administration for damaging America's credibility around the globe.

"During the recent debates, Democrats and Republicans "pandered" in the "same ways," he complained. "You have a much greater chance of being killed on the streets of our city from street crime than you do from terrorism," Bloomberg said. "Yet ... they all beat their chests and say, 'I can protect this country better from terrorists.' What about protecting them out in the streets every day?"


"The best way to solve many of the nation's problems is to improve the educational system, "yet I don't hear anybody standing up on a national level" addressing this issue, he said.

"Bloomberg also blamed the nation's education system for what he calls the "scary" percentage of people who believe in creationism."

Of course I'm a bit weary about Bloomy's stand on the war, however two things about him that I believe would change the situation is that 1) I think he would competently manage the war, without torture, and 2) I believe you would get an open and more transparent debate about policy then with any other member of the GOP (Except Ron Paul who would probably pull out the troops as adamently as Bush put them in). Furthermore, I think after more consideration he would pull troops out, possibly moving them to Kurdistan (which is how I would handle it).

Either way Mayor Mike is still the man.