I have to admit that Mike Bloomberg is becoming a guilty pleasure of mine.  I secretly watch each move and my heart skips a beat with the prospect that he might actually do it.  But I am a Democrat, and I should be afraid that the Bloomberg effect will hurt my party’s prospects in attaining the White House.  But he’s so damn good.  He’s been a brilliant mayor and he’s so far outside the name calling and smear tactics we see in DC.  He’s incorruptible.  Who could buy Mike Bloomberg?  He’s got billions and when he became mayor signaled the end of his corporate trajectory.  Even now he talks about being a philanthropist after he leaves office (his current office, that is…wink, wink…nudge, nudge).

Skeletons in the closet?  Well there may be more than skeletons in the closet, or at least rumor suggests.  He’s got a track record of being a very aggressive business man, so, no doubt, there’s some ammunition there.  But by and large, Mike Bloomberg could be a real influence, and I will feel a little sad come November 2008, when my guilty pleasure is snuffed out when I pull the party-line lever.