I Ain’t Marching Anymore

Perhaps David Chen was one of those “emboldened” Times staffers who has little patience anymore for the mayor’s bullshit:

Political? Who, me?

So says Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who, during a trip to Virginia on Monday to unveil a new pro-gun-control television commercial, made the following claim that should be fodder for water-cooler debate: “I’ve never made a decision in my life based on politics.”

When asked later what he meant by that line, Mr. Bloomberg did not talk directly about revising the city’s term limits law, which some would surely say was textbook politics. Nor did he talk about his efforts, ultimately unsuccessful, to persuade Albany lawmakers to pass his congestion pricing plan. Or his campaign staff members’ relentless wooing of labor unions to improve relations, or their recent successful efforts to curry favor with the Republican and independent parties to run on their ballot lines in November.