Nailing it on Bloomberg

John Mercurio of the Hotline argues that Democrats should be 'terrified' of a Bloomberg candidacy:

'He is a liberal Democrat. He will pull strongly... from Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in a general election -- if he is an independent candidate. And he will pull from the independents...'

And while we're on the topic, now looms another potential independent bid that should scare Democrats:

Ralph Nader says he is seriously considering running for president in 2008 because he foresees another Tweedledum-Tweedledee election that offers little real choice to voters.

If Bloomberg runs, an indie bid by Nader probably offers no greater threat to Democrats. That's because any likely Nader voter would be angry enough at Democrats to vote for Bloomberg.