When The Duck Needs To Feel A Little Less Lame, He Flies South, Lunches With The President And Has His Staff Leak All The Details

Maybe there’s a proposal in the works to ban foie gras or something:

Mr. Bloomberg’s third term as mayor ends at the close of 2013, and speculation about his political intentions has been a longstanding parlor game in New York and Washington. He has often been talked about as a candidate for higher office, including the presidency, or as a potential nominee for a high-level national appointment. But the possibility of Mr. Bloomberg’s becoming a member of the Obama administration did not come up during the lunch, according to people close to the mayor and the president.