No Bloomy; Maybe Rudy?

bloomberg.jpg New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been pretty clear about the fact that he doesn't want to run for higher office.

Yesterday, his answer was even more emphatic: "Which letter in the word 'no' do you not understand?"

Meanwhile, a new poll shows strong numbers for another NY mayor, Rudy Giuliani (remember him??). In the CNN/Gallup/USA Today poll, Giuliani was the top-ranked candidate -- at 33 percent -- among registered Republican voters.

Of course, Giuliani hasn't said he's running. But unlike Bloomberg, he hasn't emphatically said he's not.