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Article: Summit Fuels Bloomberg 2008 Talk
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- January 8, 2008
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's potential independent bid for president depends largely on whether the major party candidates embrace the political center, said Democrats and Republicans who met with the mayor on Monday.
The bipartisan gathering attracted former senators, one-time governors and a current lawmaker. But the main draw for the media, students and political junkies at the University of Oklahoma was Bloomberg, the multibillionaire businessman whose change in party affiliation last summer from Republican to independent captured front-page headlines.
Although he repeatedly denies he's a candidate, Bloomberg has the wealth to launch a third-party bid and talk of a ...