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somebody on DKos laid out in exquisite categories why Bloomberg would/could/should run, but neglected to mention that, ahem, Bloomberg is Jewish and would get the Jewish vote. DailyKos, as folks quickly learn, is territory where critique of Israel is verboten: Troll ratings befall the least bleat that sounds like, "What about the Palestinians."
Jewish liberal democrats might just be drawn to a Bloomberg candidacy, which would siphon votes from a democratic candidate.
But they would be the only votes to flee the D.
In a climate where books like Sylvain Cypel's Walled and Walt & Mearsheimer's Israel Lobby have become acceptable; where it is growing more and more acceptable to say the obvious: that Israel is behaving brutally toward the Palestinians and attempting to propagandize the rest of the world to think that Israel is the victim, but the rest of the world sees that blood being shed and the children being starved are Palestinian children, not Israeli children; then it is beyond fantastic for a Jew who ardently supports Israel to expect that he can be elected.
Bloomberg is a stalking horse.
The question is, which Repub faction has a hand on his reins?
