Here's yet another example of a politician tying himself to President Obama: Here at the TPM office in New York City, I just got a robocall from Bloomberg for Mayor, letting me know that Mayor Mike supports the Obama health care plan.

The call was read by a man with a working-class New York accent, letting me know how well Bloomberg and Obama get along: "Like President Obama, Mayor Bloomberg knows it's time to put politics aside, so we can work together on health care now." (The quote may be off by a word or two as I jotted it down quickly, but you get the idea.)

Bloomberg is of course running for re-election this year in a heavily Democratic city, during a time of Democratic resurgence, but he himself is not a Democrat. He was elected twice as a Republican, and became an independent in 2007.