Publicly, Michael Bloomberg does not have a position on which candidate he would prefer to see nominated by the Democratic Party.
Privately, though, the mayor’s campaign aides have a definite preference, admitting that they would much rather run against the likable but unthreatening city comptroller, Bill Thompson, than against the exquisitely pesky Anthony Weiner.
According to Bloomberg campaign sources—who are not at all convinced that the voluble congressman from Brooklyn is really out of the running, and suspect that he is preparing to jump in at the end of May if Thompson hasn’t demonstrated an ability to rally the party—they’re taking specific steps to foreclose Weiner’s options.
