The MyDD guys contend a Bloomberg run helps Hillary in a run against Giuliani, pointing to results from Pollster.com.

(Let me offer this hearty prediction: Despite what the poll says, Bloomberg won’t get 11 percent in Alabama.)

In that matchup, then yes, Bloomberg would be in the odd position of echoing the Republican candidate — “My record as mayor of New York shows that I can lead this country, etc.” But I think that as the public learns the differences between Bloomberg and Giuliani – and they’re pretty darn significant – then the number of Republicans – and certainly the number of conservatives – who would consider Bloomie would dwindle significantly.

Bob Shrum, a man who knows a thing or two about losing presidential elections, warns that “he’s likely to drain votes from almost any Democrat, without gaining enough of them to win himself. Does the pro-choice, socially liberal Bloomberg really want to be responsible for electing another Supreme Court-packing, gay-bashing, gun-loving, domestic-program-slashing President?”