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Michael Bloomberg’s Contempt for Democracy.

The New York Times calls this “sweeping,” but it’s mostly just warmed-over pablum: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Wednesday unleashed a blunt and stinging critique of the federal government’s handing of the economic recovery, saying that lawmakers from both parties have “abdicated their responsibility” in favor of partisan bickering, have vilified success in corporate America […]

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WHAT TO DO WITH MIKE BLOOMBERG?

We’re in that stage of campaign speculation where anyone who introduces a Barack Obama speech is assumed to be a serious vice presidential prospect. That makes today’s man of the hour New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who was on hand this morning for Obama’s speech on the economy. But let’s just slow down and […]

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