Washington – Michael Bloomberg has launched an attack on Barack Obama for an absence of leadership as Washington failed to hammer out a deficit deal, renewing suggestions he could mount an independent bid for the White House.
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In a stinging rebuke of Mr Obama, who remained on the sidelines as the deal collapsed, and a rare intervention into Washington politics, Mr Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, said: “It’s the chief executive’s job to bring people together and to provide leadership. I don’t see that happening.”
He accused members of Congress of “political cowardice” for helping bring about a “disaster for the country” but the former Democrat and Republican who is now an Independent reserved his strongest words for Mr Obama.
“The executive branch must do more than submit a plan to a committee – and then step aside and hope the committee members take action. That’s not how any CEO would run a business.
He added: “It’s not how landmark pieces of legislation have gotten through Congress. Tough problems require determined, forceful and bold leadership – and real action.”
Mr Bloomberg’s words could fuel speculation about whether he could mount a third-party bid for the White House. The New York mayor has made no preliminary moves indicating he might take such a step and has repeatedly said that a “short, divorced, Jewish billionaire” would have no chance.
Mr. Mayor,
Before you spend a penny in a campaign please learn the history of NYC.
In its modern history no Mayor on NYC ever won any election after leaving office.
Also I don’t believe you can even win in NYC, forget about the State of NY.
People won’t forget what you did with term limits, and how incompetent you were at the last snow blizzard, your ignorance on middle class.
Sweet dreams.
Please spare us these hyperbole stories. Bloomberg is going to run like Trump ran. The way he overturned the people’s choice of two terms, the way crime is spiraling out of control, and his mishandling of the ZUkatti Park flea bitten protestors demonstrate his complete unqualification to even consider running for president.
Bloomberg was a very good CEO, the job of President of the USA is nothing close to a CEO, the President is only 1 of 3 branches of gov’t, it’s congress duty to draft laws & the President Signs / Veto them, this “super committee” will back fire against the republicans very bad as this is clearly not Obama’s fault but congress, so Mr. Bloomberg get your facts right before saying something stupid
Please G-D help us. Don’t let this happen to us, have mercy.
After obama – anyone will be good!!!
he’s better off being secty of the treasury-he knows how to make money.
maybe he could lend some of his billions at a good rate !
I think Bloomberg is a great uniter. He is an individual that people of all political spectrums could agree to abhor.
Bloomberg is an egomaniac. He’s 100% qualified to be President.