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Bloomberg to GOP: Where the Party At?
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Billy Parker
Published Jan 18, 2009
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While he may have won the right to run for a third term, it seems like Mayor Bloomberg has burned so many bridges with the powers that be in the city's political parties that he may have to build his own tunnel (of money) to find a comfy spot on November's ballot. Just a couple of weeks ago, Bloomberg began calling some of his old bedfellows in the Republican Party to see if they'd take him back after needing a little "me time" for the last year. Bloomberg needs permission from a majority of the GOP heads representing each of the five boroughs. According to the Daily News, three out of five of them are so upset with Bloomberg's abandonment that they might not give it to him, but instead pave the way for Gristedes owner John Catsidmatidis, who is considering a run as a Republican and says, "A majority of them are urging me to run." A GOP source even told the News, "If we could all agree on a Democratic candidate, we might even back him." How much does an Independent Party cost again?
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