In a move that will reduce David Broder and political consultants to tears, Michael Bloomberg published a NYT op-ed announcing that he's not running for president. Despite his stated belief that "an independent can win," this was the only rational decision (see my previous posts on Bloomberg hype for more). So who will the third party utopians turn to next?
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February 28, 2008
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