Glenn Reynolds links to the New York Times story on the putative independent presidential candidacy of Mayor Michael Bloomberg with the tag “a nanny on horseback.” The Times article provides a preview of the high-minded themes and gasbags that would be associated with his candidacy:
Former Senator David L. Boren of Oklahoma, who organized the {Bloomberg planning] session with former Senator Sam Nunn, a Democrat of Georgia, suggested in an interview that if the prospective major party nominees failed within two months to formally embrace bipartisanship and address the fundamental challenges facing the nation,
