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Michael Bloomberg: Trans-partisan savior

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  • Monday, December 31, 2007 06:23 AM

    emaydon

    Bloomberg does not have Rudy's Kerik-style corruption baggage, and at the moment anyway is not a lunatic with respect to Middle East policy.

    He may not have Bernie Kerik, but he has made plenty of enemies and left numerous ethical disputes in his business wake. More to the point, what's "sane" about his Middle East policy exactly?

    However, it's hard to imagine they would diverge on a (traditional GOP) pro-big business agenda, and I'm inclined to believe they see eye-to-eye on foreign policy because otherwise it's hard to understand why they should be drawn to one another.

    What is this "inclination" of your based on? I just offered multiple quotes of Bloomberg's on foreign policy that gives a pretty clear sense of what he is. What makes you think he's something different?

    But to put him in the same whackjob category as Rudy seems a bit of stretch.

    When it comes to Middle East policy, what differences do you think you see?

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