Bloomberg endorses Obama for a second term, climate change a focus

[sasha031]

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term, citing the importance of his record on climate change, particularly in the aftermath of the devastating blow dealt to the New York area by storm Sandy.

Bloomberg said Obama has taken significant steps to reduce carbon consumption, whereas Republican challenger Mitt Romney has backtracked on earlier positions he had taken as governor of Massachusetts to battle climate change.

"Our climate is changing," Bloomberg wrote in an opinion article for Bloomberg View, a section of Bloomberg News.

"And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it might be - given this week's devastation - should compel all elected leaders to take immediate action."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/01/us-usa-campaign-bloomberg-idUSBRE8A01G320121101

I'm shocked by this, thought he had endorsed Romney. He hasn't been kind to Elizabeth Warren, calling her a socialist.

[jpbollma]

1. I like Bloomberg

I disagree with him on many many issues. I admire him for taking principled and controversial stands on many others though. I also think he is honest. This should make everyone who thought he was dissing Obama feel better. I think in the old political paradigm (50s-70s), Bloomberg would likely have been a liberal Republican. These days they are independents.