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• Drafting Bloomberg at the Old Town

  Published: August 8, 2007, 12:02 pm

  Tags: Politics, Jennifer Pinto, Joe Havelka, Karin Gallet, Michael Bloomberg, Simpson Grey

  Last night I sat in on a weekly meeting at the Old Town of a small group of New Yorkers trying to draft Michael Bloomberg to run for president. They're a pretty dedicated bunch, and they're optimistic about what they see as barely-hidden signals that he will indeed run. In the clip above, supporter Jennifer Pinto, a real estate agent and

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• Bloomberg Embraces the Draft

  Published: September 6, 2007, 12:49 pm

  Tags: Politics, Gail Parker, Karin Gallet, Michael Bloomberg

  Here's the mayor with Gail Parker, a member of the group that's trying to draft Bloomberg to run for president. Another supporter told me that this unusual picture, which is posted on the group's web site, was taken in D.C. Bloomberg has denied having any serious interest in the job, and has for the most part kept his distance in public from

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• Drafting Bloomberg Tonight

  Published: September 11, 2007, 9:04 am

  Tags: Politics, Karin Gallet, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Zumbluskas

  11th terrorist attacks. Karin Gallet, organizer of the group in New York, told me via email: "You know, I thought about it when I realized it fell on 9/11~and decided to go ahead, even thought it might affect the turnout, because Old Town on Tuesday has already become a small bit of NYC tradition. And, in a small way, it's how we

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• Bloomberg and Gallet

  Published: October 16, 2007, 8:47 am

  Tags: Politics, Diana Taylor, Karin Gallet, Kevin Sheekey, Michael Bloomberg

  Diana Taylor meeting Karin Gallet, an organizer in the movement to draft Bloomberg into the presidential race. The meeting took place after Bloomberg's public interview with Tom Brokaw at Cooper Union late last month. While Bloomberg has talked down his interest in that race, he has demonstrated a willingness at least to be photographed

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• Bloomberg for President Gets a New Website

  Published: December 3, 2007, 8:47 am

  Tags: Politics, Karin Gallet, Michael Bloomberg

  vice-presidential candidate, Karin Gallet, self-appointed organizer of the "Draft Bloomberg" movement has launched a new website about her favorite undeclared candidate. The new site, Unite for Mike, features a poll asking visitors why they want Bloomberg for president. As of 7:30 a.m., there were 44 votes. The breakdown: He is

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• Gallet: Lieberman + McCain = A Point for Bloomberg

  Published: December 17, 2007, 11:28 am

  Tags: Politics, Joe Lieberman, John Mccain, Karin Gallet, Michael Bloomberg

  is quite the long shot, Karin Gallet told me. Gallet thinks Lieberman is basically saying, it's more important we endorse the right person than just elect a Democrat. That's his demographic. That the purpose of voting [within one's] party hasn't achieved the objective of running America. Gallet also said a national campaign

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