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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx</link><description>From NBC's Andrea MitchellAppearing on MSNBC's all-day Super Tuesday coverage, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he's "not a candidate for president" -- but didn't flatly reject an independent run down the road.
Bloomberg said, "I'm not a candidate</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451162</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:01:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451162</guid><dc:creator>G</dc:creator><description>snoozer! AND its too late.</description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451205</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:16:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451205</guid><dc:creator>Psychic Mary</dc:creator><description>There is no vision of Mr Bloomberg in the presidential picture or next administration.</description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451236</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:27:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451236</guid><dc:creator>Connie, Tn</dc:creator><description>Bloomberg would certainly shake things up. &amp;nbsp;I hope that if he doesn't run, he will get a part in the next Administration.</description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451301</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:07:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451301</guid><dc:creator>Robert, Claflin, Kansas</dc:creator><description>All we need is Mr. Bloomberg in the White House. &amp;nbsp;There would go our Second Amendment rights. &amp;nbsp;And, he probably thinks as his fellow New Yorkers do: &amp;nbsp;That the only source for food is the supermarket. &amp;nbsp;He'll have no regard for the people actually raising the stuff, unless they're corporate farms large enough to feed his pocket, his belly, and his ego.</description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451309</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:11:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451309</guid><dc:creator>--NSMSNBC</dc:creator><description>Wow, Andrea Mitchell determined that Bloomberg is NOT currently running for President right now. &amp;nbsp;With reporting like that, you may as well hire Rosie Oh-My Donnell ... oops too late.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I must also take contest with Bloomberg's last statement. &amp;nbsp;I don't think I could vote for a candidate who wants what's best for the country, I want what's best for me may it include earmarks, special interests or at the very least screw the South!</description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451329</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:22:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451329</guid><dc:creator>Dale, Denver</dc:creator><description>Yo, Bloomie, if cities and states are already tackling these issues, then what's the problem? &amp;nbsp;Maybe Washington gridlock is exactly what we need to return the bulk of the decision-making where it belongs: on the local level.</description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451355</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:34:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451355</guid><dc:creator>Flat-earther, Georgia</dc:creator><description>We need 4 or 5 candidates in 08. A GOPer, DEM, religous, green and anything else. Let the people vote and the one with the most votes wins. It would be interesting to see where the votes are. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Disregard the 2000 election. Most votes lost that one. </description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451386</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:44:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451386</guid><dc:creator>John S. Alexander,Edinboro, PA</dc:creator><description>NON NEWS AGAIN!!&lt;br&gt;Bloomberg doesn't run yet or even maybe yet! &lt;br&gt;What a headline.&lt;br&gt;Perhaps though we are seeing the middle of the party stating to flex it's muscles to take over the party from the ones who stole it from them. Red ties and blue blazers again will triumph over the money pastors and shrill zenophobes.&lt;br&gt;If that is the case, then go Blommie, GOGOGO! </description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451389</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:46:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451389</guid><dc:creator>Richard Ffifield, Easton, PA</dc:creator><description>Thanks, dale, for saying what needs to be said and understood by all politicians at all levels: Washington is not the answer, as it has neither the power,the right, nor the abilikty to solve problems.</description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#451628</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:06:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:451628</guid><dc:creator>karlos</dc:creator><description>dear bloom, the point of 08'is the demo trifecta,presidency and both houses.unless the demos mirror the self destructive screwups of 06' by the gop, it's gona be a clean sweep trifecta and the demo agenda is off to the races. no veto to block the majority.</description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#452047</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:34:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:452047</guid><dc:creator>nuanced</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;I'm tired, and I think the American public is tired of Congress being split down the middle.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;-- It's only been a year! &amp;nbsp;Just wait a year and we will have solid democratic voting majorities and your problem will be solved.</description></item><item><title>Bloomberg sure sounds like a candidate</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451151.aspx#453412</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:47:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:453412</guid><dc:creator>Ed, New York</dc:creator><description>Look at his record in New York. &amp;nbsp;He is running a city with the highest level of complexity like a finely tuned machine. &amp;nbsp;It is a task that 47 State govenors cannot even come close understanding. &amp;nbsp;He is a fantastic administrator. &amp;nbsp;He has no &amp;quot;favors&amp;quot; to pay back. &amp;nbsp;We need Bloomberg as CEO of the country. &amp;nbsp;Hes not for gun control, hes for keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and ensuring that we have legal mechanisms to do so. &amp;nbsp;Hes understands the importance of public education, and healthcare. &amp;nbsp;Pretty soon the country will get to know what hes done in New York. &amp;nbsp;Like it or not, it is the center of the world. &amp;nbsp;It is the greatest resume builder, and Mike has mastered it.</description></item></channel></rss>