What’s a moderate Republican — that is, most Jewish Republicans — to do? With Donald Trump and Ted Cruz ascendant, moderate hopes have flitted from Jeb Bush to Marco Rubio and now to John Kasich. In fact, however, there’s only one hope for moderate Republicans: Bernie Sanders. Let me explain. First, Rubio is no moderate….
Just when you thought the 2016 presidential race couldn’t get any weirder, it got weirder. On January 23, associates of New York’s billionaire ex-mayor Michael Bloomberg let it be known that he’s exploring a possible third-party White House bid. This isn’t Bloomberg’s first presidential exploration. It’s his third. His indecision could earn him the label…
In 2011, when Hurricane Irene was bearing down on New York City, then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg took to the airwaves to warn New Yorkers, in English and in Spanish, to take the necessary precautions and stay safe. Residents in some parts of the city, just as they were two years later in the devastating Sandy, were…
DES MOINES – U.S. presidential hopefuls on Sunday offered mixed reviews of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s potential independent White House run, with Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders saying it would add another billionaire like Republican Donald Trump to the field. With eight days to go until Iowa holds the first nominating contest on the…
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has told his aides to draw up plans for an independent campaign for the U.S. presidency, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Bloomberg has advised friends and associates that he would be willing to spend at least $1 billion of his own money on…
Here we go again. For the past few presidential campaign cycles, Michael Bloomberg has flirted with the idea of running for commander-in-chief — and 2016 apparently is no different. The New York Times reported the former New York City mayor commissioned a poll in December to see how he would fare in a three-way race…
Love it or hate it, in New York, the Bloomberg name means something. But Michael Bloomberg’s first and only granddaughter will never have the unique pleasure of receiving side-eyed glances aimed at that Bloomberg girl. Born to Emma Bloomberg and Chris Frissora on March 22, Zelda Violet was given the hybrid surname “Frissberg,” (Frissora +…
(JTA) — During a ceremony announcing the winners of the Genesis Generation Challenge, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wanted to set aside any confusion: “No, the [Genesis Prize] award will not go only to a ruggedly handsome international heartthrob named Michael,” he jested. Bloomberg last year won the inaugural $1 million prize, bestowed by…
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