Here’s the latest, one of the strangest, and perhaps the most telling exchange yet between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the press about his possible run for president in 2008.
Besides calling one member of the media crazy, the mayor also seems to acknowledge publicly for the the first time that his aides have been investigating whether Bloomberg could wage a successful bid for the White House as an independent.
Asked during a news conference this morning at City Hall about a story in the New York Post today that Bloomberg aides have been reaching out to past campaign consultants about their availability in 2008, here’s what the mayor said:
“I read the story. I have absolutely no idea where it came from. To the best of my knowledge, I haven’t and I don’t think anybody else that works with me has reached out to anybody new in the last month. It was this breathless story like something’s change. I have no idea where it came from or what it’s about. Do I have advisors on lots of things? Sure. If I was gonna run I’d know exactly who to go to but we haven’t changed anything or done anything.”
Later, New York Observer reporter Azi Paybarah followed up and asked who the mayor meant when he said he’d know exactly who to go to if he was going to run for president.
“Why would I tell you?” the mayor said. “Are you out of your mind? Do you have a real question that’s serious, I’ll answer it.”
Karla Schuster
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this filthy rich mayor who allows nyc to collect interest on money owed to his underpaid cops, should up the starting nypd pay above the 25 year low. nypd cops are 3 years past their expired contract and the city loves the interest it will keep on that money.