Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg has served as New York City's 108th mayor since January 1, 2002. [1]

Bloomberg, a Democrat turned Republican, was "at one point one of the single biggest contributors anywhere to Republican candidates." [2]

In 2004, Bloomberg, at an estimated net worth of $5.0 billion, ranked at #34 on the Forbes 400 list. [3]

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Draft Bloomberg 2008

In 2007 an organization was registered with the FEC called Draft Bloomberg 2008. This organization works through its official portal at <a href="http://www.uniteformike.com">UniteForMike.com</a> and has the solitary goal of encouraging Mike Bloomberg to run for higher office.

Contact Information

Office of the Mayor, New York City.

Related SourceWatch Resources

• gun control
• U.S. presidential election, 2008

External Links

Profiles

• Bio: Michael Bloomberg, Office of the Mayor, New York City.
• Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, CityMayors.com.
• Topic: Michael Bloomberg, New York Times.
• Profile: Michael Bloomberg, BBC News.
• Michael Bloomber, NNDB.com.
• Michael Bloomberg in the Wikipedia.
• #34, Bloomberg, Michael Rubens, Forbes 400, 2004.
• Katie Couric, Leaders and Revolutionaries: Michael Bloomberg, TIME 100, 2007.

Articles by Michael Bloomberg

• "The Changing Gun Debate. The Feds ducked responsibility on guns. Good thing America's mayors stepped in," Newsweek (MSNBC), April 30, 2007 (issue).

Articles & Commentary

2005

• Michael C. Dorf, "New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Response to a Same-Sex Marriage Ruling: Should Executive Officials Defend Laws They Consider Unconstitutional?" FindLaw's Writ, February 14, 2005.
• Laura Trevelyan, "Bloomberg braces for mayoral joust," BBC News, June 20, 2005.
• Mark Berkey-Gerard, "What Now, Mayor Bloomberg?" Gotham Gazette, November 2005.

2006

• Chris Smith, "The Mayor and His Money. Michael Bloomberg may be the first politician to use his vast fortune not just to get elected but to actually govern. In a city ever more defined by the gap between rich and poor, that’s pretty weird," New York Magazine, 2006.
• "Bloomberg: Illegals needed to take care of golf courses. New York mayor: Fairways would suffer if undocumented immigrants sent home," WorldNetDaily, April 2, 2006.
• Sarah Kugler, "NYC Mayor Advocates U.S. Worker Database," Associated Press (BreitBart.com), May 24, 2006.
• Ben Smith, "Bloomberg for President. Third Way Out," The New Republic Online, June 29, 2006 (July 10, 2006 issue).
• Ben Wallace-Wells, "Bloomberg '08? The Republican mayor of New York has become the party's fiercest internal critic. But can his 'billionaire populism' bridge the nation's blue-red divide?" Rolling Stone, August 22, 2006.
• Clara Jeffery, "NYC Sues (More) Out-Of-State Gun Dealers. Does This Mean Bloomberg's Running for Prez?" MoJo Blog/MotherJones, December 7, 2006.
• Justin Rocket Silverman, "Thousands more surveillance cameras," Newsday, December 14, 2006.

2007

• Michael D. Shear, "N.Y. Mayor Is Eyeing '08, Observers Say," Washington Post, March 26, 2007.
• Carol J. Loomis, "Bloomberg's money machine. There's power in that name. The man, Michael Bloomberg, runs New York City and may have even grander ambitions. The company, Bloomberg LP, is a prodigious success and just keeps getting stronger," Fortune (CNNMoney.com), April 5, 2007.
• Andrew Ross Sorkin, ed., "Is Michael Bloomberg Worth $13 Billion?" Deal Book Blog/New York Times, April 10, 2007.
• "NRA Magazine Cover Depicts NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg as Octopus, Raising Anti-Semitic Concerns," Associated Press (Fox News), April 18, 2007.
• Michael Saul, "Living like this is killing the city. Mayor unveils monster proposal to make our town more ecofriendly," New York Daily News, April 23, 2007.
• June Kronholz, "Could Bloomberg Shake Up Race? Voter Frustration Could Open Door To Independent Presidential Run," Wall Street Journal Online, May 1, 2007.
• kowalski, "Mike Bloomberg, Guns, and the Tiahrt Amendment," RedState Blog, May 5, 2007.
• Reihan Salam, "I Still Like Mike," The American Scene, May 9, 2007.
• "Chuck (Schumer): Bloomberg can't win White House if Clinton is Dem nominee," Newsday, May 10, 2007.
• "Hagel-Bloomberg In '08? You Never Know. Senator Says Today's GOP Is Not The Party He Joined; Considers An Independent Ticket In '08," Face the Nation/CBS News, May 13, 2007. re Chuck Hagel
• "From CQ Today: Hagel Hints at Independent Bid for White House in 2008," Congressional Quarterly (New York Times), May 14, 2007.
• Jim Carney, "Will Bloomberg Run for President?" TIME Magazine, May 14, 2007.
• Azi Paybarah, "Bloomberg: Neutral in 2008," New York Observer, May 14, 2007.
• Chris Cillizza, "Hagel Continues Flirtation With Independent Bid," The Fix Blog / Washington Post, May 14, 2007.
• Michael Gormley, "Bloomberg Again Nixes Presidential Run. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Again Rejects Supporters Who Want Him to Run for President," Associated Press (ABC News), May 14, 2007.
• Fred Siegel and Michael Goodwin, "The Mystery of Michael Bloomberg. Why does a popular but mediocre mayor think he should run for president?" The Weekly Standard, May 14, 2007.
• Ralph Z. Hallow, "Bloomberg poised for third-party campaign," Washington Times, May 15, 2007.
• Joe Gandelman, "Is A Bloomberg-Hagel Independent Ticket In The Offing For 2008?" The Moderate Voice, May 15, 2007.