BOSS CLINTON

Bill Clinton ready to be New York's mayor: Worldly-wise cab drivers and shoppers in the Big Apple hardly dare to believe the rumours ... Slick Willie is blowing into town and he'll win with ease (Ed Vulliamy, June 15, 2003, The Observer)

Disgraced in presidential office but redeemed in retirement as one of America's most popular politicians, Bill Clinton appears set to run for the only appointment that New Yorkers really care about - the mayor of their own city.

Amid furious rumours, encouraged by the multi-billionaire Republican incumbent, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the stage seems set for one of the most gripping mayoral races in the city's memory.

It can't be good for the Democrats for Bill Clinton to become their permanent national leader and power broker, which this would go a long way to making him. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 15, 2003 11:52 AM