Vice President Bloomberg?

Michael Bloomberg says he definitely isn't running for president, said Mark Silva in Tribune's The Swamp blog, but "he leaves the door wide open" to helping someone else with a "nonpartisan approach," whatever that means. It means he's

What happened

Michael Bloomberg put to rest speculation that he would launch a bid for the White House, writing on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times that he is not—“and will not be”—a candidate for president. But the billionaire New York mayor—once a Democrat, then a Republican, now an independent—said he was ready to help a truly “independent” candidate with a “nonpartisan approach” win the election. (The New York York Times, free registration)

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