Doug Bailey
Future President's Day?
Today is the deadline for Michael Bloomberg to decide whether or not he's running for president, according to Doug Bailey, who co-founded Unity08 before leaving to draft the mayor into the presidential race.
On February 8, Bailey released this video saying Bloomberg had about 10 days to declare. read more »
A Bloomberg '08 Supporter Thinks There's Still Lots of Time
One Michael Bloomberg-for-President supporter, at least, thinks the mayor still has plenty of time to declare his candidacy.
Even though Doug Bailey of Draft Bloomberg said the mayor would have to make a decision before February 18 (he admits it's an arbitrary date), Jon Fisher, a California-based entrepreneur and Bloomberg guy, says that with the help of business people like him, the mayor could wait longer.
I spoke to Fisher yesterday after he reached out to me over the weekend. “I don’t share the opinion that [announcing early] is of paramount importance," he told me over the phone. read more »
Bloomberg Countdown: 10 Days
Michael Bloomberg has ten days to decide whether to run for president because of ballot-access issues, according to Unity08 co-founder and current member of Draft Bloomberg Doug Bailey. read more »
Bloomberg Still Not a Candidate, Drafters Still Trying
Karla Schuster spotted a new line in Michael Bloomberg's denial about running for president during a press conference at the Google offices in Manhattan today. From the article:
"I’ve said repeatedly I’m not a candidate...and I'll stay that way,’ the mayor said. read more »
For Bloomberg Drafters, the Word is 'Proven'
Doug Bailey, who is launching a new Draft Bloomberg committee, says getting the mayor on the ballot isn’t his problem.
“We’re not in the ballot access business at all," said Bailey, who was one of the founders of Unity08. "That is not our goal. We don’t have anything whatsoever to do with that.
"Our job, as we see it, the one that we have defined for ourselves here, is to maximize the public awareness and presence of the potential of the Bloomberg candidacy," Bailey told me, "so that he can hear from the people on the subject.”
Getting Bloomberg on the ballot, he said, “is somebody else’s responsibility.”
More after the jump. read more »
