A tree is threatened in Paradise
Today Lou Dobbs reports that New York City's mayor Michael Bloomberg is investigating whether he should run for president this year. All I have to say is beware of the one-eyed jack.
In 1988, when George Herbert Walker Bush ran for president, Ross Perot ran as an independent candidate. While Perot did not win a single state that year, his candidacy lead to Bush, the former head of the Central Intelligence Agency, being sworn in as President.
Twelve years later, when George Walker Bush ran for president, Ralph Nader cast his hat into the ring for the Green Party. That candidacy lead to W being sworn in, and our current national predicament.
Perot and Nader drew independent voters to their campaigns, and after the elections of 1988 and 2000, these men have more or less disappeared from the national scene.
The current Republican field for this election is weak. The strongest candidate is McCain who is older than Ronald Reagan when he ran for president in 1980. He is being sold as a maverick, but just imagine if Bloomberg comes into this campaign.
Dobbs reports that Bloomberg has more money In his bank than Perot did when he ran for president. At the height of Perot's popularity, he mysteriously self-destructed, but his candidacy got that Bush elected. I have a question here; will Bloomberg do for the Republicans what Perot and Nader did before? While this appears on the surface to be a historical coincidence, is it?