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• Tuesday, January 1, 2008 07:16 AM

  Transpartisan

  I agree with the designation as opposed to non-partisan, which Bloomberg most certainly is not.

  What he has going for him (his bankroll aside) is competence. The man is blazingly competent and has shown himself to be so in everything he has done.

  In New York, he has healed a lot of the wounds Giuliani inflicted and found a way to work with minority leaders. He has moderate instincts and uses them. He is very strong on collaboration, which speaks well of the way he would run the government both domestically and internationally.

  The argument that he has no foreign policy experience is bogus. You don't build a multi-billion dollar enterprise without having figured out foreign policy issues and negotiated them. The argument that he has no domestic policy is also bogus. He has had one for a long time.

  I'm worried that he would, by running, make the White House Republican again but I would not have trouble voting for him if he ran and the Democrats ran a turkey. His lack of charisma is not a problem for me -- I am probably going to vote for Richardson if he is still in the race by the time New York votes in a primary.

  The absolute necessity of healing the wounds Bush opened up, bringing the country back from the brink and making it work again confronts any POTUS. Bloomberg brought New York City back from the brink toward which we were propelled by a combination of Rudy Giulini and Osama bin Laden. He can do it for the country, too.

  —midnight04 Read midnight04's other letters
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