There's some buzz today that Mayor Bloomberg could be considered VP candidate for Barack Obama. From MSNBC's First Read:

*** A fall preview: Those who love the Veepstakes will enjoy today's Obama speech, not for the substance but for the person who will introduce him: Michael Bloomberg. While the mayor says he's not endorsing anyone (yet?), this is the second time Bloomberg has given Obama a high profile photo-op (remember the meeting at that diner a few months back?). As for Obama's economic speech, per the campaign, "Obama takes on special interests for housing/economic crisis; lays out principles for new regulatory framework." Obama, himself, previewed the speech on the plane yesterday. "I will be giving some, I will be outlining, my thoughts on the current state of the economy. How we got there and some very specific prescriptions, what helped trigger the financial crisis and the financial problems." But it will be the potential of Obama-Bloomberg that could be the most important take-away. In fact, considering that anti-Israel sentiments being expressed by the Rev. Wright in these newly circulating church bulletins (see Andrea Mitchell’s reporting on TODAY below in the Obama section). A fortunate thing for Obama is at least these church bulletins aren’t video. The idea of a Jewish running mate might end up making more and more sense for Obama as the summer wears on.

I can't imagine Bloomberg agreeing to be Obama's VP. What would be the point for Bloomberg? Maybe he's trying to get in Obama's good graces because he could become president, but as far as an actual appointment as VP--why? Being mayor of New York City seems much more substantive in a lot of ways. Plus, Bloomberg doesn't seem like a back seat kinda guy. In regards to the jewish vote, if this anti-Israel thing sticks to Obama, it'd be interesting to see if John McCain puts Joe Lieberman on his ticket.