Feb 1, 2008 2:14 pm US/Eastern
Draft Bloomberg Campaign Hits The Road
Mobile Cruising Company To Hit Streets Of Manhattan
NEW YORK (AP) ―
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Mayor Bloomberg told a large group of Goolge users in Manhattan on Thursday tha he is not a presidential candidate and does not plan on changing his mind, but as we continue to see, there are signs that suggest the possibility is still alive and well.
CBS
If Mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking for a sign that he should get into the presidential race, he may want to peek out of his window on Monday.
A mobile billboard company will be cruising Manhattan next week, most likely starting at the mayor's Upper East Side home, with an truck-sized sign intended to push the billionaire independent into launching a third-party bid.
"Support Mike Bloomberg for president," it reads, under a photograph of the White House juxtaposed with a headshot of the mayor. "The only presidential candidate that can't be bought."
Lenny Sobel, the owner of the Long Island-based company, Mobile Ads, said he is covering the production costs of about $2,000, plus the additional expense of driving the truck.
The launch comes the day before Super Tuesday, when New York and 23 other states hold their primaries and caucuses, and Sobel says it's the perfect time to parade a Bloomberg billboard through the streets.
Sobel believes Bloomberg's wealth makes him unique in that he is not beholden to special interests.
"He seems to be a true person who can make change without anybody in his back pocket," Sobel said.
"All politicians sound wonderful but Bloomberg has proved himself in the years of being mayor and I think he has a good possibility of becoming president."
Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser declined comment on the ad campaign.
For his part, Bloomberg -- who is quietly studying what it would take to get on the ballot and mount a third-party campaign -- said again Friday that he is "not a candidate."
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