On July 25, New York city Mayor Mike Bloomberg spoke at a fund-raising breakfast for the Minnesota Independence party. Approximately 100 people each paid $100 to hear him speak; that money will benefit the Minnesota party. In his talk, Bloomberg advocated that taxpayers should not be required to pay for partisan primaries, if those primaries are closed to independent voters. He also praised both Barack Obama and John McCain, but declined to endorse either one. News reports before the breakfast had speculated that he might endorse McCain, but those predictions were erroneous.
The Radical Center, starved for options!
In 1986, the US Supreme Court gave political parties the right to invite independents to vote in their primaries. Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut
In 1995, a federal appeals court said that, when the state requires parties to hold primaries, the state must pay the costs of those primaries. Republican Party v. Faulkner County, Arkansas
Wow, Bloomberg making a speech to the Independence Party, was Frank macKay there showin g the good Mayor of the the Big Apple his pockets?