Unity08, which was trying to generate interest in an independent or third-party bid for the presidency, is about to become…

… a draft Bloomberg effort.

Back in the spring, I spoke to Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy Sam Waterston, the public spokesman for Unity08, about what they were looking for in an independent candidate. See here, here, and here.

I talked about this a bit on Cam’s show a little while back, as Mike Bloomberg is more or less Evil Incarnate to gun owners. We noticed that certain figures will be the subject of speculation for a presidential run – Al Gore, Newt Gingrich, Chuck Hagel… and then they deny it, and the talk usually dies out. Bloomberg denied it, denied it pretty thoroughly… and it has only gotten stronger.

Now, if a billionaire really wanted the talk to stop, I can’t help but suspect the talk would stop. And yet it continues. It continues, despite the obvious challenges of a single, vertically-challenged billionaire from New York City racking up 270 electoral votes. So I can’t help but suspect that somebody wants talk of him running to continue, and to continue loudly…