Since we seem to be largely in agreement, I’ll leave your readers with these further thoughts:

It will be rare that you find a candidate that agrees with you on every single issue. But at the end of the day, the President is the executive manager of the world’s most powerful enterprise, the US government. I believe most voter’s underestimate the value of competence. As long as a candidate doesn’t have too many positions that I disagree with (let’s face it, we’ll all disagree with some of them about some things), what is most important to me is, do they have the competence, and the experience to manage such an enterprise? Will they keep the economy strong? Will they make sound judgement in a crisis? Will they hire competent people, or just give valuable positions to unqualified individuals because they either have party connects or “owe” someone because of a campaign contribution?

What I most abhor are career politicians. This goes for both Republicans and Democrats.

The reality is, in our competitive society, the most talented among us do not often pursue positions in government, they pursue fortune in the private sector. To get the best of what is available to us, I wish to see a seasoned executive manager from the private sector in the White House.

This is what I see in Michael Bloomberg.

When the economy is strong. When everyone has a job. People tend to be less concerned about the differences among us. When the economy is bad, and people are unemployed, everyone looks for someone to point the finger at, and politicians look for divisive wedge issues to distract their constituents from the real problems at hand.

Rather than look for these hot-button issues, I hope more people can be compelled to vote for intelligent competence in governance, over partisanship.

Bloomberg is the right man at the right time.

To read what politicians from both parties, business leaders and other influential individuals of note are saying about a possible presidential run by Mike Bloomberg, have a look here:

http://www.RunMikeRun.com

There are also videos of Bloomberg being interviewed and speaking about issues.

Best regards,
Chris