Spin Cycle

Just for fun and snarkery's sake, let's put it this way: A convention of political has-beens will be looking to figuratively hoist Mayor-without-a-party Michael Bloomberg on their shoulders, provided -- say -- the whole subway system doesn't shut down due to some emergency, in which case it wouldn't look so good if he blew off his day job and left town. Next week's event, in the wake of the first round of major-party primary battles, revives the biggest speculation bubble since those early dot-coms went poof. As we said in this space before, the best way to approach this is to assume that Bloomberg's running until he isn't. He's proven over his years as mayor that he likes to operate in a stealthy manner, unveiling a project only after he has made it a fact on the ground. But former Sen.Sam Nunn in the forefront? Ehhhh.... Beyond that, who knows what good or evil lurks in the hearts of billionaire mayors who are forced out of office by term limits in '09? Perhaps The Sheekey, deputy mayor for political promotion, knows.....Anyway, a routine bill-signing was over-attended by the working New Year's Eve press corps, so how does any of the frenzy cost the mayor? The Rudy and Hillary folks cannot be too thrilled, you can be sure of that.

Dan Janison