NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who decided against a White House run, said Thursday that his endorsement will go to the most straight- talking candidate. The Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent ducked when asked whether he was taking a shot at President Bush.
The billionaire mayor made the comment during a question-and-answer session with a political pal, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, at an annual luncheon he hosts to discuss his political agenda.
In making a decision about whom to endorse, Bloomberg said he is not trying to decide which one of the three matches up with him ideologically but that he wants to know which one is “willing to face reality and say, ‘We can’t have everything, and there are costs, and we’ve got to make choices.’ ”
“Some of the things they’ll be in favor of, I’ll agree with. Some of the things they’ll be in favor of, I won’t,” he said. “But at least we’ll have an adult in office who can lead and accomplish something.”
