I haven’t heard much in the news about Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s run for president as an independent. But that’s not stopping Laureen Oliver, Kinky Friedman’s consultant on ballot access, from offering free advice on the Politico today. Maybe she’s looking for a job. After all, a guy with $500 million to spend on an independent campaign is going to need an expert in getting signatures on petitions in 50 states, and Laureen probably thinks that money will spend just as well on her advice than someone else.
What Laureen failed to mention is that her work on Kinky’s campaign got Texas saddled with a governor who got only 39% of the vote. But why should she be worried about that? Kinky gets another book out of his campaign, and she lives in Florida, anyway.
And thankfully, you can’t elect a president who has 39% of the vote. At least we have the electoral college to fall back on. And failing to get 270 of those votes, at least we have a Democratic-dominated House.
Yep, if this plays out and Bloomberg runs it looks like we might be in for another “interesting” presidential election.
I just wish that one year we can have a presidential election that is less interesting.
What Laureen failed to mention is that her work on Kinky’s campaign got Texas saddled with a governor who got only 39% of the vote. But why should she be worried about that? Kinky gets another book out of his campaign, and she lives in Florida, anyway.
And thankfully, you can’t elect a president who has 39% of the vote. At least we have the electoral college to fall back on. And failing to get 270 of those votes, at least we have a Democratic-dominated House.
Yep, if this plays out and Bloomberg runs it looks like we might be in for another “interesting” presidential election.
I just wish that one year we can have a presidential election that is less interesting.
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