"What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?" -Michael Bloomberg.

NY'ers: We Like Mike and America Will Too

New Quinnipiac Poll released today and the headline number for our purposes is that only 34% of New Yorkers say they would Definitely or Probably vote Bloomberg for President. Not surprising, given that with a field of 20 potential Republican and Democratic candidates, everyone a compares Bloomberg to their favorite candidate - not all of whom will win the nomination. In effect, its Bloomberg v. The Field. Case in point, only 9% of Dems say that they would definitely vote for Bloomberg. Take Hillary or Obama out of the picture (since they can't both win the nomination) and watch Bloomberg's number climb.

The other headline number is Bloomberg enjoys a 73% approval rating. And tellingly, 55% of New Yorkers believe that Mike's "businessman's approach to government" would help him in a national campaign. The take-away here is that New Yorkers like Bloomberg's style and believe America will like him as a Presidential candidate.

Full disclosure: this blogger was surveyed as part of the Quinnipiac poll.

Time: Bloomberg Win "Isn't impossible"

Mark Halperin from Time plays with the Electoral College Calculator, and imagines a world in which Bloomberg wins outright, while opining that "It isn't impossible for Bloomberg to get enough votes to win."

Halperin raises, but punts, on the more interesting question and probable outcome, specifically: "On the other hand, if Bloomberg was able to pick off some electoral votes, he could theoretically throw the outcome into the House of Representatives, producing another set of complex what-ifs.

Unfortunately, Halperin does not show his math and reveal which states he thinks Bloomberg puts in play -- or how the House of Representatives might break.

He also fails to account for an electoral vote deal.

Bloomberg receives 18% in New Jersey Poll

In a three-way race between Hillary, Rudy and Mike, Quinnnipiac pollsters report that Clinton and Giuliani would receive 36% each and Mike would pick up 18 percent.

Not a bad start for an undeclared candidate.