Desiring Machine

NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg seems to be giving at least partial thought to an 2008 presidential bid. If that happens all signs point to the 1992 election happening all over again. With Hillary Clinton sweeping into power on the wings of a divided and fractured electorate. This could be the best thing to happen to Hillary’s campaign. After all they know how best to play triangulating politics. They certainly have experience with it.

The only problem I have with a Clinton/Giuliani/Bloomberg race in the general is that I don’t want to see a “subway series” election. With all three major candidates coming from New York City, America can do better than that. It would make for interesting symbolism with the backdrop and memory of 911 lurking. But my west coast bias would rather see the field expand outside of New York. Maybe a northwest tech mogul, true southerner, or respected western state governor could step in at the last moment and rise like a phoenix against the mighty NYC cabal. Hey we can all dream can’t we?

At the end of the day don’t discount any contingency, 2008 will be very interesting and I don’t think we have even begun to see just how interesting it can get.