Annoying Nanny-Stater Laments 'Woeful State' of America

Is he going to cry too?

Memo to Michael Bloomberg: Either run or don't run, but just give it a rest for five minutes.

This is the greatest country in the history of mankind, and one in which you've gotten very wealthy.

The same applies to Chuck Hagel, Gary Hart and the rest of the whiners at your little gathering.

A bipartisan group of U.S. political figures that included New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a lamentation of America's woeful state on Monday but Bloomberg gave no hint he may run for president to bail the country out.

The group, including politically experienced moderates from both parties, had been widely viewed as a national spotlight for Bloomberg and his possible presidential aspirations but he kept a low profile and only repeated previous assertions of his non-candidacy.

"I'm not a candidate, number one. I am a former businessman and a mayor," he said in a panel discussion and news conference at the University of Oklahoma.

Ironically, for a guy who won't shut up and stop teasing about his political aspirations or lack thereof, he left without further comment.

Afterward, he left without talking to a large media contingent that had shown up for the event.

Former U.S. Sen. David Boren, now president of the university and the host of the meeting, told reporters he thinks Bloomberg does not want to run for president and would only do so if he the Democratic and Republican candidates are weak.

Expect this little dance to continue through the conventions this summer.

Bloomberg's ego will allow nothing less.