Let the Bloomberg VP speculation begin again

The other week, Mike Bloomberg’s warm introduction of Barack Obama sparked all sorts of chatter about whether or not Obama might ask the Democrat turned Republican turned Independent mayor of New York to be his VP. Today, Bloomberg is the warm-up act for John McCain at an event in Brooklyn and we can expect everyone to start chattering again.

It is even more unlikely that McCain would pick Bloomberg than Obama. The right would have an absolute fit if McCain picked the socially liberal Bloomberg. But McCain must be at least a little bit tempted by the fact that the billionaire Bloomberg could finance the ticket, making up for Obama’s huge fundraising advantage. 

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