Tuesday, June 19, 2007

NY Mayor Bloomberg quits GOP

Bloomberg who was a Democrat, switched parties in order to run for mayor in NY. He has now officially left the Republican Party and reports on CNN say that as for any plans to run for president, he will wait and see who the 2 final nominees are for each party, and then asses the situation.

In a statement, Bloomberg said:

"I have filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to change my status as a voter and register as unaffiliated with any political party. Although my plans for the future haven’t changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our City.

“A nonpartisan approach has worked wonders in New York: we’ve balanced budgets, grown our economy, improved public health, reformed the school system and made the nation’s safest city even safer.

“We have achieved real progress by overcoming the partisanship that too often puts narrow interests above the common good. As a political independent, I will continue to work with those in all political parties to find common ground, to put partisanship aside and to achieve real solutions to the challenges we face.

“Any successful elected executive knows that real results are more important than partisan battles and that good ideas should take precedence over rigid adherence to any particular political ideology. Working together, there’s no limit to what we can do.”


More on his decision Here
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