Rasmussen Reports - Adding fuel to the fire that he is planning an independent bid for the White House, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg left the Republican Party yesterday and is now officially unaffiliated with either major party.
AFP - Billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday he was quitting the Republican Party, sparking immediate speculation he was plotting an independent bid for the White House in 2008.
AFP - Billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday he was quitting the Republican Party, sparking immediate speculation he was plotting an independent bid for the White House in 2008.
AFP - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he would leave the Republican Party, in a maneuver seen as possible preparation for launching an independent presidential bid in 2008.
CQPolitics.com - The field of prospects to replace the late Wyoming Republican Sen. Craig Thomas was whittled to three Tuesday, as a committee of the state Republican Party selected its candidates from whom Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal will choose an interim replacement.
AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday switched his party status from Republican to unaffiliated, a stunning move certain to be seen as a prelude to an independent presidential bid that would upend the 2008 race.
AP - Mitt Romney, eager to establish credentials as a fiscal conservative in the Republican presidential race, will begin running a new ad Wednesday in which he vows to cut spending and taxes.
AFP - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he would leave the Republican Party, in a maneuver seen as possible preparation for launching an independent presidential bid in 2008.
AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg left the Republican Party on Tuesday and switched to unaffiliated, a move certain to be seen as a prelude to an independent presidential bid that would upend the 2008 race.
AP - Mitt Romney, eager to establish credentials as a fiscal conservative in the Republican presidential race, will begin running a new ad Wednesday in which he vows to cut spending and taxes.



