Michael Bloomberg wants to be your 'boring' president

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published 8 October 2018

In a country bitterly divided along party lines, Michael Bloomberg is daring to be bland.

After months of hinting at a presidential run, the former New York mayor and billionaire businessman's political aide Kevin Sheekey proceeded to just keep hinting at Bloomberg 2020 when speaking with BuzzFeed News' Ben Smith on Monday. "Elections are about swings," and it's "about time we swing to boring," Sheekey said Monday in what can be interpreted as a compliment about Bloomberg's centrism.

This is the third time Bloomberg has come very, very close to running for president, with his almost campaigns always based on middle-of-the-road policies. This time around, the former Republican is leaning toward running a Democratic campaign, after throwing $80 million toward flipping the House this year and touting gun control and environmentalism. But he's also rejecting progressive economic policies and keeping the #MeToo movement at arm's length, despite the popularity of both issues among Democrats. As Smith puts it, Bloomberg would "make America boring again."

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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