Today's Fresh Blogs...

• The Plutocracy: Mike Bloomberg Is A Fake Commuter

  Published: August 1, 2007, 11:00 am

  Tags: Metro, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Grynbaum, New York Times, Subways, The Plutocracy

  Michael Grynbaum—Harvard boy, former New York Observer intern, former New York Sun reporter!—spent the last five weeks tailing Mayor Bloomberg. And guess what? Everyone's favorite...

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• In Brief: The New York Times live-blogged Bloomberg’s ...

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:49 pm

  Tags: 10 10 M Mayor Gets Coffee, Blogs, Michael Bloomberg

  The New York Times live-blogged Bloomberg’s jury duty appearance for 15 minutes, then lost interest and stopped; possibly a metaphor for coverage of his not-really-a-campaign campaign. [NYT]

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• Bloomberg Jury Excitement Continues?

  Published: August 6, 2007, 3:54 pm

  Tags: Politics, Michael Bloomberg

  Michael Bloomberg, who reported for jury duty today, wasn't called to serve, but will have to report back to the state Supreme Court House at Foley Square tomorrow, according to a person following this story.

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• Mike Bloomberg's Not-Campaign Ad on Gmail

  Published: August 7, 2007, 11:48 am

  Tags: Politics, Michael Bloomberg

  his Gmail account an ad for Michael Bloomberg's campaign-y web site, MikeBloomberg.com. The ad appears on the top of the Gmail account, saying, "Visit the Official Mike Bloomberg Site." The ad sales people at Google, I'm guessing, would be really, really happy if he ran for president.

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• Bloomberg on Hillary, Lobbyists

  Published: August 7, 2007, 3:05 pm

  Tags: Politics, Hillary Clinton, Michael Bloomberg

  If there's one thing Michael Bloomberg has learned since launching his quasi-presidential non-campaign, it's the art of maintaining his national posture without ever stepping on the toes of the junior Senator who actually is in the race. Here's a clip from a press conference in City Hall today announcing a contract with the detectives' union. I

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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

  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 self-described liberal Democrat, addresses the small issue of the mayor's denials

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• Betting On The 2008 Elections

  Published: August 8, 2007, 10:11 am

  Tags: Politics, 2008 Elections, Congress, Democrats, Republicans, Michael Bloomberg, White House, Ralph Nader

  One of TMV’s favorite weblog writers, law professor Steven Bainbridge, has some thoughts HERE.

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• Spitzer and Cuomo Make Merry at Rangel's Party

  Published: August 9, 2007, 9:15 am

  Tags: Politics, Andrew Cuomo, Charles Schumer, Chevy Chase, Eliot Spitzer, Magic Johnson, Michael Bloomberg

  memory. Attendees included Michael Bloomberg, who left right before Hillary Clinton took the stage ( and long before Chuck Schumer arrived), Chevy Chase, Magic Johnson and dozens of other local elected officials. Bloomberg told attendees that those who think Rangel is the best thing the best thing since slice bread are correct, but barely,

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• Fulani Repents, Explores 2009

  Published: August 9, 2007, 1:43 pm

  Tags: Politics, Lenora Fulani, Michael Bloomberg

  a big part of the reason the Michael Bloomberg, and other mainstream politicians who have accepted support from her Independence Party, have been careful to maintain their distance from her in public. During the press conference, Fulani vowed to emphasize community policing, education reform and nonpartisan elections. Several of her supporters

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• Bloomberg on Google, Spitzer on Hearings

  Published: August 9, 2007, 12:57 pm

  Tags: Politics, Eliot Spitzer, Lenora Fulani, Michael Bloomberg

  Spitzer was in Chelsea with Michael Bloomberg and others talking about expanding health care coverage. During a Q&A, I tried to ask the mayor why ads for his quasi-campaign web site now appear on Google alongside searches for certain phrases like education, climate change and nonpartisan. His somewhat unsatisfying

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• Bloomberg Pays Google to be 'Nonpartisan'

  Published: August 8, 2007, 6:19 pm

  Tags: Politics, Google, Michael Bloomberg

  that you can see ads for Michael Bloomberg's campaign-style web site on Gmail and Google. Liz subqequently found that Google searches for the words education, poverty and climate change, also turn up ads for MikeBloomberg.com. Intriguingly, if we're trying to figure out what bearing this could possibly have on whatever

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• Bloomberg on the Presidential Electability of Mayors

  Published: August 9, 2007, 3:47 pm

  Tags: Politics, Michael Bloomberg

  radio a few minutes ago, Michael Bloomberg responded to a question about whether it's "time for a mayor to run for president by saying, essentially, maybe. As you know, he said, mayors have to make decisions and that sometimes makes you unelectable because you actually stood for something and you can't be on both sides

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• Bloomberg's Glavine Ceremony Irks a Commuter

  Published: August 10, 2007, 11:06 am

  Tags: Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Tom Glavine

  the theme of Michael Bloomberg's insensitivity to the problems of ordinary New Yorkers seems to surge and recede with each crisis. A caller to the mayor's weekly radio show just now asked about the mayor's decision to award Mets pitcher Tom Glavine a key to the city the same day the subways were shut down, leaving commuters

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• Rush Hour

  Published: August 10, 2007, 9:37 am

  Tags: Arts Amp Amp Culture, Congestion Pricing, Michael Bloomberg, Sheldon Silver, Yori Yanover

  You can thank Yori Yanover over at Loho 10002 for this masterpiece. Ironic how congestion pricing was supposed to be the big story in Albany wound up being overshadowed by a low-budget mystery involving Eliot Spitzer, Joe Bruno, Andrew Cuomo and the state troopers.

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• Huckabee Given Chance to Compete Following Iowa Straw Poll

  Published: August 12, 2007, 2:30 pm

  Tags: Politics, Republicans, Separation Of Church State, Blogosphere, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Michael Bloomberg

  My initial impression to the news of the Iowa straw poll results was that it was a victory for Mike Huckabee, an insufficient victory for Mitt Romney, and a serious loss for Ron Paul’s supporters who believe the campaign’s goal is victory as opposed to spreading a message. Other bloggers have shared this view that Mike Huckabee, as

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