Drudge "Exclusive": Obama meeting with Bloomberg in the Morning

EXCLUSIVE: Obama meeting with Bloomberg in the morning; Eyebrows Raised In NYC... Developing.



Well well.

I think in the long run it will be good for Obama. People on here probably will not like it.

and have no idea of what this meeting would mean.

Key words are "Republican" and "well liked".

But that's not the most important aspect.

He's RICH. That's the most important bit.

Liberals don't give money to right wing thugs the way Bloomberg has

Not many of them left. Neocons and nutcases have taken over that party.
Bloomberg is an opportunistic refugee from GOP, like boat-people, but with a much, much better boat. ;)

He changes labels like some change socks, but moneyed class control freak might be a good description.

However, we need to be careful, he may be "our" moneyed control freak in the general.
He can be a powerful ally, especially if Ghouliani is the GOP horse. He is not a big fan.

You can be sure the Clintons would speak with him as well, if they haven't already.
(I know Gore has had meetings with him, but over what, i don't know.)

You might have to modify your position or distate if/when Hillary meets with him.
Money = access, so it goes.

He's been just as awful for the city as Rudy was - but has better PR for the obvious reasons.

friends with Al Gore and (ack) Joe Lieberman.

with Obama. Obama probably looking for financial support

Real decent guy

I don't like third party rumors, but the media loves inventing them out of nothing.

Why wouldn't he meet w/ the mayor while he was in NYC?

to back Obama financially or something!

but who knows...

However, an endorsement would be big for Obama.

Just a little unfounded, irresponsible speculation. :)

Bloomie has been dropping hints about running for national office, however. Can't say I am crazy about the idea.

Does that mean there will be 2000 Obama bashing threads on this board by the time I wake up tomorrow morning?

Maybe I should have used the :sarcasm: tag before? I thought everyone would get it after the last 48 hour blitzkrieg of anti-Kucinich threads, most of them started by supporters of the most right wing candidate in this race (I won't mention her name)

They'd make quite a team

slog through a primary, and then, disgusted with them, went Indy.

That's why I can't stand Hillary. Bloomberg keeps jumping parties for political gain.

Funny how someone like Cindy Sheehan or Ralph Nader are vilified around here for being third party candidates, while Bloomberg and Lieberman are defended. Bloomberg became a Republican. Joe acts like one. At least Cindy still resembles a Democrat. And while I don't agree with Ralph's approach to confronting the corporatist downfall of this party (i.e. running in an election he can't win) he's certainly not wrong in much of what he has said on the subject.

She may not be left enough to suit YOU, but most Democrats aren't.

Bloomberg jumped to R just to avoid the NYC mayoral primary.

He doesn't care about party affiliation, but he doesn't have to--he's RICH.

The right wing positions she and the rest of the DLC hold now would scare the Hell out of old Barry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRq-gelZFgg

What do you mean by a "Goldwater Girl"?

That they literally believed the world would end in a nuclear holocaust if he were elected...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD3CvxmLBf0

40 years later, Goldwater looks like a flaming liberal. Not compared to Republicans, but to the DLC.

Anyone who calls him or herself a Democrat should be profoundly alarmed by that fact.

I's scared!!

Seriously... when her presidential bid fails, and she no longer has a reason to pretend to live in New York, where's she moving next?

She's only two years into her second six year term.

What a clueless remark that was...

You think I fell off a goddamned turnip truck or something?

She could have been a Senator from Arkansas. Or even moved back to Illinois. At least she had a legitimate claim to that state.

Of course she's not the only politician to play this game. Other Republicans like Mitt Romney and Alan Keyes have done the same thing. :)

Yeahhhh, that's the ticket!!!!

Way to show us whatcha know, there, pal. See, you DID just fall off that turnip truck, and you PROVED it with that remark.

There weren't any openings in AR or IL. And why should she be forced to go back to a place where she lived only because of her husband's job, or because that's where her parents raised her before she took off for college in MA and grad school in CT?

Who are you to dictate where people are allowed to live in a mobile American society? The Clintons have a right to live anywhere they choose. They don't have to go 'back' anywhere to make you happy.

In NY, they don't have a problem with talented people moving in and competing to represent them. They never have--it's a big state, and a huge percentage of their NYC population originally came FROM somewhere else. See, they don't have that 'prejudice' against the newcomer.

Here's one of those talented newcomers from the past, who moved to NY specifically to run for public office: Robert F. Kennedy, the late Senator from New York and brother of the late President....who lived, most days, while representing his state, at Hickory Hill--which WASN'T in NY (and is currently for sale: http://www.wfp.com/propertySearch/prop.asp?mlsid=FX5082121 ).

Guess who's eying the Clinton Senate seat, if she makes it to the WH? RFK's son. He's got a few long term roots in NY, unlike his dad. He got involved in Riverkeepers there while doing his probation for heroin possession back in the eighties.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg, former Democrat, former Republican, and current Independent is also a carpetbagger--he's from Medford, Massachusetts.

It's not uncommon. The NY voters certainly don't share your resentment of or hostility towards the talented newcomer, fortunately.

Of course when you represent corporations and not people, I guess that's irrelevant.

How did RFK manage it?

You're in "lockstep" mode. Enjoy your concrete attitude there...

She did it, which is why she won re-election. She even won in districts that voted for bush*

know if he wanted to be a Democrat after he got his butt defeated in democratic primary in Conn.. so Joe changed to Independent and got elected by republicans that did not even support the republican for senate candidate.
Bloomberg once was a democrat. He changed to being a republican. Then changed to be an independent....

HRC defeats Obama in New York...HRC defeats Bloomberg if he ran as independent. So if you put obama and bloomberg together, you have...
drum roll please......HRC defeating Obama in New York.

Ben David

I don't see the big deal. politicians of both sides meet and have coffee sometimes.
it's not all bashing each other around or calling everyone on the other side the enemy.

No surprise here

Or did you complain?

Carlyle consultant.

Nothing wrong with TAKING money from the right wing. There's something terrible wrong with GIVING money to the rightwing, the way Obama does.

Isn't all that spinning making you dizzy? You just said, "Bloomberg helps fund the rightwing, and you think he is OK" but now there's nothing wrong with being associated with someone like that? Or is it just that you will defend your girl at all costs?

You can search all you want, you will not find a post of mine criticizing a dem for taking money from a repuke.

But you are being hypocritical by not objecting to Obama's CONTRIBUTING money to the right wing

Said asthma is a disease of the poor - because of their poor hygiene - there are more "liberal" deeds and quotes for ya. This New Yorker is disgusted at outsiders praising the disaster mayor (I remember the times DU celebrated Rudy as well).
I have no stake in Obama's campaign - in fact I like him better than many others - I wish him endorsements from better people.

What a liberal