Comment by c.v. — Tuesday, July 11, 2026 @ 3:23 pm
I just read last night an article about this possible campaign in a recent issue (print) of the New Republic. He would have lots of money, but the article concluded with what the author (I forget who it was) pointing out a fundamental problem with his campaign: The policies he has said he would emphasize are essentially existing Democratic Party positions, while the potential constituency that is most likely to support a third-party/independent bid tends to hold nationalistic views on trade (a la Perot in the ’90s) and immigration (a la Gilchrist, who has been mentioned as a third-party candidate).
I’d certainly prefer you. Further, if Morris were smoking something and Bloomberg were President, Bloomberg would make lighting up so hard, he might wish he were in Guantanamo.
Ooh, you’d be a great President! Maybe you could be drafted…
Comment by Jay — Tuesday, July 11, 2026 @ 2:18 pm
Steven Taylor for President
No pipeweed required to imagine it.
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Trackback by Accidental Verbosity — Tuesday, July 11, 2026 @ 2:28 pm
In fairness to Morris, maybe he means “president of his local YMCA” or something.
Or, to paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, Mike Bloomberg is no Teddy Roosevelt (at best, he’s Perot without the charts and graphs). And Roosevelt lost…
Comment by Chris Lawrence (guestblogger) — Tuesday, July 11, 2026 @ 2:54 pm
Bush 1 is to Wimp as Bloomberg is to Shrimp
Comment by c.v. — Tuesday, July 11, 2026 @ 3:23 pm
I just read last night an article about this possible campaign in a recent issue (print) of the New Republic. He would have lots of money, but the article concluded with what the author (I forget who it was) pointing out a fundamental problem with his campaign: The policies he has said he would emphasize are essentially existing Democratic Party positions, while the potential constituency that is most likely to support a third-party/independent bid tends to hold nationalistic views on trade (a la Perot in the ’90s) and immigration (a la Gilchrist, who has been mentioned as a third-party candidate).
Comment by Matthew Shugart (Guestblogger) — Tuesday, July 11, 2026 @ 3:29 pm
Has Morris been *right* about anything important in the last 6-7 years?
Comment by Steven L. — Tuesday, July 11, 2026 @ 3:49 pm
I lost intrest in Dick Morris’s drunken rambles some time ago.
Comment by Talmadge East — Tuesday, July 11, 2026 @ 5:26 pm
I’d certainly prefer you. Further, if Morris were smoking something and Bloomberg were President, Bloomberg would make lighting up so hard, he might wish he were in Guantanamo.
Comment by Honza Prchal — Tuesday, July 11, 2026 @ 6:32 pm