I would have liked to have seen a self-financed, independent run by Mike Bloomberg. The fact that he's quit both major parties is telling. Yeah, he can go nanny-state at times, like with the smoking ban. But it would have been an acceptable trade-off knowing that he wouldn't have been beholden to most of the special interests the Ds and Rs have to court.

But he seems determined to go the "Carnegie Philanthropist" route. Can't say I blame him.