NY Mayor Bloomberg becoming an independent
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg,  often mentioned as a possible third-party 2008 presidential  candidate, said on Tuesday he was changing his political status  to independent from Republican.
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The step could clear the way for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York to make an independent bid for the presidency.
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Across the country, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a Republican, has emerged as the face of gun control.
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It was clear that New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was enjoying himself yesterday as he toyed with the press corps there, taking 20 minutes of questions about the city's 311 telephone information system at a news conference just a day after he bolted the Republican Party, but offering not a clue...
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg's participation in a meeting next week of independent and centrist politicians is renewing the "will he or won't he" speculation about whether he'll mount a third-party bid for president.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has become an independent, but he is also telling New Yorkâs Republican Party that he will support his former team.
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THE RACE: Support for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Hillary Clinton in a theoretical general election matchup in New Jersey, with and without an independent candidacy by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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As he embarks on his second mayoral campaign, Michael Bloomberg is both remarkably the same and altogether different from the candidate of 2001.
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How an independent like Michael Bloomberg can win power without winning the White House.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has doled out pay increases to those who work for him, despite a hiring freeze.
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Political junkies are excited and electrified over a potential independent presidential bid by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and for good reason.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has promoted his fiscal restraint, but a review shows that he has presided over a great expansion of government.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned up the volume on a possible independent bid for president on Monday, participating in a bipartisan summit that stole a bit of the spotlight from the announced candidates in New Hampshire.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday said that fighting poverty now requires enlisting fathers, explaining the last decade of progress stemmed mainly from putting mothers to work.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned up the volume on a possible independent bid for president on Monday, arguing that partisanship is limiting the nation's progress at a summit of Republicans and Democrats that stole a bit of the spotlight from the candidates in New Hampshire.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, often mentioned as a possible third-party 2008 presidential candidate, said on Wednesday he intended to serve as mayor until the end of his term in 2009.
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New York mayor Michael Bloomberg&#39;s exit from the Republican Party sparked a fresh look at whether the United States is ready to elect a president who disdains partisan politics.