Three-party presidential freak show; Michael Bloomberg to join the race.(OPED)

Byline: Tony Blankley, THE WASHINGTON TIMES I've got to give it to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg - he does not suffer from low self-esteem. But then, as he owns a 68 percent share of the $20 billion to $30 billion, privately held, self-named Bloomberg L.P. firm, which yields more than a billion dollars of after-tax yearly income personally to him, why should he? In the full flush of his flushness, the mayor of Gotham has announced that he probably will run as an independent for president of the United States - and is prepared to spend a billion dollars on the project.

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