Who cares? There's another politician just like him running right now. His name is Rudy Giuliani.
I'll just say you have no idea what you're talking about and leave it at that.
*Last I checked.
Bloomberg has never, as far as I know, supported the Patriot Act, though I don't know that he's opposed it, either. (Really, as mayor, there's little reason for him to have commented.) As for Iraq, he did support it initially but hasn't commented on it in years; unlike Senators and Presidents, he didn't have inner knowledge of the intelligence that showed Bush's reasons for the invasion were false. He has not voiced any of the positions on those issues that Giuliani has any time within the past couple of years.
In any case, Bloomberg has been much less supportive of draconian law measures than Giuliani and brute-force policing, focusing primarily on fostering development within New York City. Unlike Giuliani, Bloomberg understands the importance of development in creating a successful society, and the true role of government in ensuring a strong and stable economy and society; Giuliani focused exclusively on being as bad as the gang to fight the gang.
As Mayor he supported the Patriot Act and among other things used it in conjunction with random Subway searches. Similarly, he's recently advocated for the establishment of a National ID card. There are similar articles out there stating his stance, but it's not that well publicized. That he hasn't really recanted his previously gung-ho stance on Iraq other than that he has "mixed feelings" following the discovery that there were no WMDs indicates that he's milquetoast at best on the War on Iraq. Basically, based on that Bloomberg just looks like a more toned down version of Rudy to me.
I think that's the stance that most people in the general public would take as well. People in the New York metro may have more finely nuanced opinions of Bloomberg and Giuliani but I don't think that would translate well onto the national scene. A Bloomberg candidacy is more likely to hurt any of the Republican candidates and with Giuliani it would probably create a nearly even split of the party.
