Spin Cycle

Is he or isn't he - finally answered?

Mayor Michael Bloomberg had an informal question and answer with employees at Google's New York headquarters this morning and, inevitably, one of the laptop-wielding Googlers (yes they really call themselves that) asked the mayor if he was "going to run for the presidency of the United States?"

"No, next question," Bloomberg responded, and then went off on a fairly lengthy and familiar riff about why he's speaking out on national issues, yadda yadda yadda.

And later, when a reporter asked a similar question, the mayor offered his stock response, but with a new and newly definitive kicker.

"I"ve said repeatedly I"m not a candidate...and I'll stay that way," the mayor said.

Could it be THAT simple?

Don't count on it. You can be sure Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey isn't.

Karla Schuster