New York Times on Michael Bloomberg:
[...] With the nation divided into red and blue as it has been in the last two presidential elections, all a rich, self-financed candidate would have to do is win a big state (or two) to ensure having a king-making bloc of electoral votes: say, Florida (the decisive state in 2000), or Ohio (2004), or maybe New York (Mr. Bloomberg’s home state), or California (that of his friend, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger). [...] But instead of running a national campaign, the independent candidate strives to win the electoral votes of only a few states. [...]
OK, I got it, now.
Michael Bloomberg to run as Independent in 2008
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