"Well raise my rent," as we say down South. In our mailbox today: Newsweek presents us with a cover story on the possibility of Michael Bloomberg, mayor of NYC, running for president as an independent.
Well why not?
The field seems so crowded. Some days it seems that people who aren't running for President are fewer in number than those who are. So you think, One more? But as Bloomberg points out in an interview with editor Jon Meacham, the two-party system has become this either-or set-up in which the choices are really quite limited, despite the number of people running. The candidates, whether Republican or Democrat, have to kow-tow to their bases; and then there are the huge lobbies that can so easily corrupt.
Bloomberg is worth $13 billion. (Not a typo.) The article states he's willing to pony up one of that billion for a chance to be Prez. (Don't you just know his kids are gasping for air?) In my idealism, I wish we didn't have such a political system in which any ol' billionaire can enter the race based mainly on wealth (and I do realize Bloomberg isn't a Johnny-Come-Lately, having run New York City and all); but that's the system we got. Money talks.
So.
We might could use this Independent, for the health of the body politic. And "Bloom" says he won't run unless he thinks he can win. Internet, what say you?
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