From Montana to ‘Bama– It’s Bloomberg Obama!

Obama just said on Meet the Press that he’s for the Democratic nominee come November. Hillary also said she’ll fight for Obama if he wins. I think this is pillow talk. When one of them loses, they’re gonna be sore. The party’s divided for a reason. It’s the old guard vs. the new guard (and let’s leave the class issues out for a second). If Hillary wins, why shouldn’t Obama grasp the nettle and break with the old politics–if he’s for real about all that–and run for the great smart middle that is tired of Iraq, tired of the Israeli occupation, tired of special interests, tired of being patronized and pandered to. I believe Bloomberg’s endorsement is still up for grabs; a spectacular triangulation would be to sign on Mike Bloomberg as VP. Blacks and Jews, Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, a third way. Yes, two members of the elite, from Illinois and New York. But remember that blue states are elite and neither of these guys has shown real contempt for ordinary people (when not pandering to SF audiences that is); and the main thing these guys would be selling is creativity, intelligence, competence, new politics, a new generation, optimism and Yes we can–fix the country. Don’t you want to fix the country?