A Rasmussen report has shown that NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg, widely thought to be a potential third party candidate, would be a GOP spoiler in the 2008 election. Their poll shows that when Bloomberg is thrown into the mix, Clinton (only dem. they’ve polled so far) only loses one percentage point, opposed to Giuliani and McCain who drop to 37%. With a year and a half to go, Bloomberg already has 9% support, which could easily be built on. This comes with another Rasmussen report that shows 19% of the population would be “somewhat likely” to go third party. Should Bloomberg jump in and spend ½ billion as expected he could get enough to secure 2008. hell he might even win, or at the very least get a few electoral votes. Either way, as a scholar of both presidential elections and a third party advocate, I’d LOVE to see this.