I like Sarah Palin as a person/personality, but as a pro-choice, pro-northeast citizen, I’m not going to vote for her. Joe Biden is the closest representative I have as a New Yorker have in this race.

The people, I think, had a genuine thirst for leadership from outside Washington.

Now, John McCain has chosen to give us two Westerners. Dumb move. At least a Bostonian (Romney) would have been  palatable and sane choice.

There’s a dozen other reasons I’m not going to vote for McCain/Palin, but they could have had my vote on a McCain/Bloomberg ticket.

Why did you tease us for so long with your presidential aspirations Mike, and where are you now?

Alot of people know that Mike Bloomberg is a billionaire, and that his entrepreneurial style has greatly benefited New York over the last five or six years.

However, people do not often think about what it means to be a billionaire. Yes, I guess that in some sort of Ritchie-Rich way, you can have whatever you want whenever you want. Also, what you have at your disposal is the organization that made you rich. Not many people have talked about Mike’s relationship to Bloomberg LLP, because he doesn’t want you to believe there is one.

Legally, his part of the company has been put in a trust, of which he has no control. When you’re a billionaire, though, you get to bend the rules a bit.

Several parts of the Bloomberg organization were actively doing work IT work for the newly formed Department of Education. Don’t ask how I know. Also, Mr. Bloomberg is a philanthropist (concurrent with his time as mayor.)

Does this strike anyone as odd? I have noticed that the philanthropic efforts of Bloomberg LLP have often coincided with actions taken to change the city. I guess what I mean to imply here is that many opposition groups, both profit and non-profit have a price, and Bloomberg LLP is more than happy to buy their silence for Mike the Mayor.

Even after all of this, I still think Mike is the best mayor New York has had in a long time, and maybe will ever have. I am concerned about the post-mike era. I think because of the money he has been able to throw at many problems, he has been able to rise above partisan politics (which I feel makes him an excellent candidate for president.) The next mayor might not have the cash necessary to harmonize America’s largest city, and I am considering selling out now.

I have been wondering if what we need right now, as a people, is not democracy (locked in partisan gridlock), but a benevolent king who is able to balance the budget while still financially mitigate the pain involved in doing so).   King Mike?