Mayor Bloomberg just endorsed Obama for President!!!!

[octoberlib]

Bloomberg TV ?@BloombergTV
BREAKING: Mayor @MikeBloomberg endorses @BarackObama for re-election https://twitter.com/BloombergTV

[cilla4progress]

1. Thought of this last night!

After Gen. Powell and esp. Koch.

Yay!

[Faith9326]

2. Yup

Haha I just posted this. I'll delete mine.

[Mutiny In Heaven]

3. Wow. When I read his coy interview a fortnight or so ago

I thought that he was going to make a late Romney endorsement. I'm not a huge fan, but this can only help.

[enough]

4. New York Times story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nyregion/bloomberg-endorses-obama-saying-hurricane-sandy-affected-decision.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1351796694-UFLlB4xD4RR3O0vtMufF+A

[k8conant]

5. In New York Times now:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nyregion/bloomberg-endorses-obama-saying-hurricane-sandy-affected-decision.html

[TwilightGardener]

6. Weird, did not see it coming.

[Robbins]

7. Intresting

Isn't this first time since becoming Republican to get elected mayor In 2001 he endorsed a democrat.He endorsed Lieberman In 2006
but I don't call him a Democrat.

[Faith9326]

8. HAHAHAHA

Remember all the crazy conservatives on twitter last night saying that the reason why Bloomberg didn't want Obama in NYC to view the damage, was because he didn't want Obama to look good(so Romney would win).


Hahahahahaha.

[octoberlib]

18. That's right. Hilarious!! n/t

[nichomachus]

9. Text of Bloomberg's statement

[link:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-01/a-vote-for-a-president-to-lead-on-climate-change.html|
GOP heads are about to explode]

All the RW blogs are buzzing with "Bloomberg orders Obama to stay out of NYC." This will make them shit their pants.

[CTyankee]

16. Earlier this week Joe and Willy were bloviating about how Mayor B. wouldn't endorse

Obama, oh no, no way, he won't do that!

HA HA!

[hogwyld]

11. Everyone likes a winner

As we get closer to election day, you're going to see more endorsements for Obama as it is becoming more obvious that the Big O is going to win.

[flamingdem]

12. Is this what he had to do to get FEMA funds after rejecting them?

Next: Christie!

[sabrina 1]

20. He's an opportunist.

He's in NYC and still has political aspirations, he realized that 'dissing' a Democratic President wasn't a smart thing to do.

Bloomberg has been a Democrat, a Republican and an Independent, depending on what he thought might work best for him.

I'm glad he's done this, but most likely he's only reacting to the slamming he got for his ridiculous remark yesterday.

[octoberlib]

24. Seriously, I think east coasters are getting a little worried

about these freak storms and climate change. I heard Tom Brokaw, Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd all saying the administration needs to make it a priority. They know Romney wants to gut the EPA and turn the US into an unlivable wasteland.

[SoapBox]

13. The Pukes, Baggers and FuksNews...

will EAT Bloomie for this. Oh hell, they eat anyone or anything that doesn't go their way. Period.

Bloomie, can't really stand you but thank you for this.

GO Prez O!

[AlinPA]

23. Fox 'news' won't mention it.

[wicket]

14. Wow, I thought he had already endorsed Romney

Great news!

[Faith9326]

15. Same

[outsideworld]

17. Did not see this coming, gained a little respect from him.

[fugop]

19. Climate change the reason.

Glad to see him cite climate change as a reason for endorsing. Nice to see some recognition out there, and if climate change can steal the spotlight thanks to Sandy, at least something good might come of this horrible tragedy.

[octoberlib]

25. +1 nt

[ProudProgressiveNow]

21. Great timing..

[pnwmom]

22. HERE'S A LINK.

I wonder if Bloomberg is contemplating a run in 2016?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nyregion/bloomberg-endorses-obama-saying-hurricane-sandy-affected-decision.html?_r=0

In a surprise announcement, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Thursday that Hurricane Sandy had reshaped his thinking about the presidential campaign, and he announced that he was endorsing President Obama.

Mr. Bloomberg, a political independent in this third term leading New York City, has been sharply critical of both Mr. Obama, a Democrat, and Mitt Romney, the president’s Republican rival, saying that both men have failed to candidly confront the problems afflicting the nation. But he said he had decided over the past several days that Mr. Obama was the best candidate to tackle the global climate change that the mayor believes contributed to the violent storm, which took the lives of at least 38 New Yorkers and caused billions of dollars in damage.

“The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of next Tuesday’s presidential election into sharp relief,” Mr. Bloomberg wrote in an op-ed article for Bloomberg View.

“Our climate is changing,” he wrote. “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 may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.”

[TroyD]

26. Why did he wait until the end of the election to endorse Obama?

Some people are going to say he's just jumping on the winning bandwagon.

Still, it's another slap in the face to Mitt Romney, so I'm happy about that.

[DCBob]

27. Greater impact.

Can you ever comment without a negative somewhere in your posts??? Geez.

[DCBob]

28. Great news!

This has to help.