New York, New York, UGH, New York
So Michael Bloomberg has bolted the GOP, a sign he may be considering a Ross Perot-like third-party bid for the presidency. Like Perot, he has mountains of cash to spend on his campaign. And like Perot, he could take votes away from the GOP -- although he's just as likely to steal votes away from the Democrats, too.
But there's a problem here.
Imagine an independent Bloomberg, running against Hillary for the Democrats and Rudy for the Republicans. See where we're headed? A three-way, all-New York race. (That is, if you can really call Clinton a New Yorker.) We'd also have three candidates who, despite differing bases and rhetoric, are actually not that far apart on most issues.
It's the political version of 57 channels and nothing on.
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