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Mayor Bloomberg, who always fends off the suggestion that he'll make a run at the White House, had to spell out why he's just as powerful where he's sitting in Manhattan: "I have my own army," for one. At a speech last night, The New York Observer transcribed an almost comically self-satisfied quote from the three-term mayor, who seemed to wave off the notion that there was much more to look forward to with an Oval Office desk:


After he made those comments, as The Observer notes, he did, however, say that a Mayor's job was good prep for being president. But, after he framed the issue that way, the White House does look a bit shabbier.

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