I thought that conventional wisdom indicated that Bloomberg actually meant it when he said that he wasn’t planning to run for President.
However, an article at HuffPo suggests that conventional wisdom might be shifting again:
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been receiving foreign policy briefing sessions on a wide variety of topics, providing the strongest indication yet that he is considering a run for the White House, the Huffington Post has learned.[...]
These sessions dramatically contradict Bloomberg’s denials that he is planning to run for president. The one aspect of his possible candidacy that is considered missing is foreign policy experience. These strategy sessions with Soderberg seem clearly designed to fortify that weakness.
And, in case anyone was wondering (like I was), according to Real Clear Politics, the most recent poll on the subject suggests that in a 3-way Clinton-Giuliani-Bloomberg matchup, the current standings are:
- Giuliani: 38
- Clinton: 43
- Bloomberg: 11
Bloomberg was polling closer to 20 percent this summer, when rumors regarding his potential run were stronger.