Mystery pollster is asking about support for Bloomberg in billion-dollar self-financed campaign

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NY Daily News: Mystery of Mike-for-prez phone calls
An unidentified pollster asks if voters would back Bloomy for an independent run
BY MICHAEL SAUL
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF
Friday, June 29th 2007

The phone rings. A mysterious automated voice begins asking questions about Mayor Bloomberg running for - surprise, surprise - President.

Would you support Bloomberg running for the White House as an independent?

Would you support his candidacy if he pledged to spend $1 billion of his own money on the campaign?

Philip Cornell, of Somerset County, N.J., said he received that very call at home in mid- or early June. The automated voice did not identify who commissioned the poll, he said.

"The point it kept returning to was - would I consider voting for him if he ran as an independent and pledged a billion dollars to his campaign," Cornell said.

Despite Bloomberg's declaration that he harbors no interest in running for President and will remain at City Hall until his term ends in December 2009, his aides refused to say if the mayor is paying for polling about a White House bid.

"We don't comment about his private schedule or personal life," said Stu Loeser, Bloomberg's spokesman....

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/06/29/2007-06-29_mystery_of_mikeforprez_phone_calls.html