Ready or Not?

The Washington Times reports that New York Mayor Bloomberg has put aside $1 billion to run for President.

It will be interesting to see whether the country is ready for someone who absolutely believes in Americans' freedom to abort babies, but not to smoke in public or consume trans fats. The most notable element of Bloomberg's tenure as Mayor of New York is his emergence as tax-raising nanny state cop. People in Manhattan have, for example, been fined for sitting on milk crates in public.

And although the MSM has been touting stories about a possible Bloomberg/Hagel rapprochement, it's hard to imagine anyone who is serious about foreign policy -- or personal liberty -- considering such a ticket.