{"id":2453,"date":"2007-06-25T09:07:17","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T17:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/06\/i_dont_think_this_is_what_kevin_sheekey_had_in_mind_when_he_said_that_he_wanted_to_burnish_bloombergs_image_as_the_law_order_candidate.html"},"modified":"2007-06-25T09:07:17","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T17:07:17","slug":"i_dont_think_th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/06\/i_dont_think_th.html","title":{"rendered":"I Don’t Think This Is What Kevin Sheekey Had In Mind When He Said That He Wanted To Burnish Bloomberg’s Image As The Law & Order Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Bloomberg’s not-yet-ready-for-prime-time campaign sews up the all-important Jack McCoy endorsement<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Law & Order” star Sam Waterston praised a possible White House run by Mayor Bloomberg — but had little to say about co-star Fred Thompson’s presidential aspirations.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg is “a very competent, very able, very successful mayor,” said Waterston, said plays ADA Jack McCoy.<\/p>\n

Waterston is lobbying for the formation of a bipartisan ticket for the 2008 presidential race. By bolting the GOP last week, Bloomberg stirred speculation that he’s angling to hook up with a Democrat or Republican in an independent White House bid.<\/p>\n

“Certainly, Bloomberg is a very likely one,” Waterston said of a “Unity ’08” ticket on CBS’s “Face the Nation” yesterday.<\/p>\n

Asked about Thompson, Waterston said he had no inside information but thinks the actor will jump in the race soon. A Tennessee TV station reported yesterday that Thompson’s campaign will announce the opening of a Nashville headquarters this week.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And if you were wondering just how irrelevant “Face the Nation” has become, look no further than Ed Koch:<\/p>\n

Also appearing on CBS with Waterston yesterday was former Mayor Ed Koch, who said he supports Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and believes she will capture the White House.<\/p>\n

But he would consider switching his allegiance to Bloomberg, he said.<\/p>\n

“I will choose at the time of choice that person who will be best for the country, irrespective of party,” Koch said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Bloomberg’s not-yet-ready-for-prime-time campaign sews up the all-important Jack McCoy endorsement: “Law & Order” star Sam Waterston praised a possible White House run by Mayor Bloomberg — but had little to say about co-star Fred Thompson’s presidential aspirations. Bloomberg is “a very competent, very able, very successful mayor,” said Waterston, said plays ADA Jack McCoy. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-please_make_it_stop","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}