Doug Schoen, the pollster who has worked with Bill Clinton on his 1996 reelection and Mayor Bloomberg, is stirring the Bloomberg for President pot again. He tells the Sun that Ralph Nader's decision to enter the 2008 presidential race could help Bloomberg.
Schoen explained, "The Democratic candidate, whoever it may be, will have to tack to the left to protect their left flank, and that leaves more room on the center-left." And what with John McCain, presumptive Republican nominee, needing to meet conservatives' desires, there's "a huge void in the middle": "There's a scenario where you have five candidates. You could have a hypothetical Paul on the right and Nader on the left and Bloomberg in the center and a Democrat and a Republican."
It's unclear what Bloomberg thinks of Nader jumping into the race, but he has been grumpy lately because of his sinking presidential possibilities. Hillary Clinton called Nader's bid a "passing fancy" while Barack Obama said, "[Nader] thought that there was no difference between Al Gore and George Bush, and eight years later I think people realize that Ralph did not know what he was talking about."
As for Nader, he says it's "political bigotry" to call him a spoiler.
