Can it be that he wants to distance himself from corporate corruption?
2007-06-19 12:05:08 · 19 answers · asked by Who Else? 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Perhaps he's actually conservative?
2007-06-19 12:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by Beardog 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Was he ever IN the republican party?
He's a rich liberal at heart! He's a Kennedy to-the-core!
We conservatives refer to his ilk as being a RINO (pronounced like rhyno) - Republican In Name Only. These are people who like to characterize themselves as republicans for whatever reason - that's all. Maybe, when he ran for the governorship of NY, he felt that it would work against him if he were to approach the election as a democratic candidate versus the guy who just left - Rudy. Some of us conservatives have also classified Rudy as a RINO due to him refusing to embrace core conservative issues: right-to-life for innocents and Second-Amendment rights. These are CORE conservative issues, regardless of what the goons in the media tell you.
2007-06-19 19:16:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is a lifetime Democrat until Rudy could not run again. He sailed into mayor. He is a liberal on a lot of issues and the party took him to get the office. NYC is 5 to 1 Democrat
2007-06-19 19:10:13 · answer #3 · answered by GOPneedsarealconservative 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was a Democrat that changed to a Republican than now is changing to something else, Independent or maybe the 'Unity Party'.
Anyone who changes partisan affiliation just to win elections will not stand a chance in Hell of getting my vote.
2007-06-19 19:11:28 · answer #4 · answered by citizenjanecitizenjane2 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Before he ran for mayor of NYC, he was a democrat. And I mean, he was a democrat his whole life before that. I don't think he ever felt tied to the republicans. The switch was more a convenience for the sake for running for office.
2007-06-19 19:10:31 · answer #5 · answered by wheelintheditch 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
in his own words:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaving-republican-party/
me paraphrasing: because partisanship is more of a roadblock to progress than a bridge...
2007-06-19 19:11:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's planning to run for president with Chuck Hagel on an independent ticket in 2008
2007-06-19 19:08:21 · answer #7 · answered by Robert B 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The only place he qualifies as a republican is New York.
2007-06-19 19:08:48 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
He really was a liberal to begin with, his true colors are showing flip flop from part to party when ever a poll dictates....so he is home again
2007-06-19 19:11:46 · answer #9 · answered by garyb1616 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone says the party's been moving to the right. Maybe he's been 'left' behind.
2007-06-19 19:09:16 · answer #10 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He is , was and has always been a Democrat, anyone can run in NY, look at Clinton she ran there when AK wouldn't have her.
2007-06-19 19:17:16 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋