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Mike Bloomberg on Government Reform Mayor of New York City (Independent)

Make getting on the ballot easier, & better people will run

"Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!"

All presidential candidates should declare an issues matrix

By the mayor’s count, his administration is fulfilling 96% of the 100 promises made during the 2005 campaign. More than 91% of the 482 promises made during the 2005 and 2001 campaigns are completed or are being implemented, he said.

“I’m not running for president, but I do think that every presidential candidate should put out a list of every single one of the key issues,” Bloomberg said. “If some of them miss some of them, go and get them to fill those in and create a matrix. This is what I’d do.”

2001: opposed Giuliani extending NYC term limit

Everybody was terrified and nobody knew what was going to happen. And the thought of changing mayors at that time made a lot of people very, very, very scared. When he came up with that idea, Giuliani's advisors wanted to do what was right for the city. Interestingly, Bloomberg didn't think so. The only thing I can think of is that Bloomberg was being very closely advised by Koch, who probably understood the dynamics of politics better than anyone, and might have said to him, "It's a mistake; you can't change constitutional terms."