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Michael Bloomberg: Trans-partisan savior

Who thinks a third party candidate like this is a good idea, and why?
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  • Tuesday, January 1, 2008 08:26 AM

    You always need the unequivocal Shermanesque statement

    Will this need to be parsed for tense, etc.? Up to you.

    The term derives from the Sherman pledge, a remark made by American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman when he was being considered as a possible Republican candidate for the presidential election of 1884. He declined, saying "If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve."

    But he has no base. The GOP can't run anyone because they don't have anyone who is electable. It's a field of stiffs.

    An ex-Democratic Jew mayor from NYC? What are you people smoking?

    —Anonymous

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