NBC New York 1 month ago

How Operation Bloomberg Kept Obama Out of the Race

He's a crafty one.

Bill Thompson didn't have Michael Bloomberg's big bucks, his renown or any real help aside from his own political muscle, but he made the mayoral race awfully close. Imagine if he had someone like, oh, President Barack Obama, backing him up. Full Article at NBC New York

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