Bloomberg runs as independent?

"The scenario floated by Sheekey and other supporters has Bloomberg waiting until next year, when the front-runners for both parties are clear. If one candidate is way on the left and the other far to the right, some envision room for Bloomberg right down the middle as an independent."

- CBS

Bloomberg and the Republican split the anti-Clinton vote and Clinton wins?

Bloomberg sees himself as the next Ross Perot?

I heard Bloomberg speak at the University of Chicago in June 2006, and he used the word "independent" about two dozen times.