Mayor Bloomberg had a breakfast meeting this morning, November 30, 2007, with Hillary Clinton's main opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination: Barack Obama.
The billionaire mayor and the Illinois senator chatted over eggs and potatoes early Friday at the New York luncheonette on East 50th Street. "We are trying to push our agenda because it helps New Yorkers, and because what's worked in New York will work elsewhere," said Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser. "There are a lot of people we'd like to speak to and we're going to continue to press our case."
Thursday night, November 29, 2007, Obama made his first trip to Harlem as a presidential candidate, and the Apollo Theater was packed with a sold out crowd to see him. Before his visit to the Apollo, Obama paid his respects to one of Harlem's top powerbrokers - Reverend Al Sharpton, who says he hasn't decided who he is supporting, but the meeting sent a warning to Hillary Clinton that Harlem could be up for grabs.
Earlier this week, Bloomberg dined with Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, so today's mysterious photo-op with the Democrat Obama may be his way of showing how non-partisan he is in the presidential race.
Bloomberg speaks well of Hillary's publicly, but there is speculation he wanted to annoy Clinton, because she did not endorse him when he ran for mayor as a Republican. The two last met at the Sept. 11 anniversary ceremony, and their last private meeting was in March, Loeser said.
Use the above link to view raw footage of the meeting.
Michael H. Drucker
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