New York, NY – He’s from New York, an independent and Jewish. If New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg runs for the White House, he will face those three issues, any one of which could sink a presidential campaign, experts say.
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Bloomberg fueled speculation about an independent run for president when the self-made billionaire severed ties with the Republican Party on Tuesday and became non-partisan, though he insists he has no plans to run.
Religion may be very important in Bloomberg’s case because New York represents Jewishness to a lot of people and we’re still awaiting our first Jewish president,” Bender said.
Or, as Bloomberg himself put it in a New York Magazine interview last year: “What chance does a five-foot-seven (1.70-metre) billionaire Jew who’s divorced really have of becoming president?” [reuters]