Christina Quinn, William Thompson, Anthony Weiner and Adolfo Carrion all want to be Mayors of NYC

There should be a way to clone Michael Bloomberg. Looking at the list of the Democratic candidates, one has the premonition of agendas, worthy campaign workers as Commissioners, payroll and city funds directed to repay for party and candidate loyalty, a restructure and politization of appointed jobs without regard to merit, and all those things that an establishment bestows on its trusted district leaders and their substructure. Campaign fund contributors will be granted their wishes.

Maybe we should look at some other rich men who might have a civic duty urge, a need for fame other than that of aggregating big bucks, a feeling for this city and the thought that they might help it regain its position in the world, maybe an environmentalist gene.

I am thinking of such as Bruce Wasserstein, ex-Wasserstein Perella, who collected a billion plus from Beutsche Bank from the sale of his firm, and now is the second biggest shareholder in the lazard Group, after Michel David-Weill.

Then there is Stephen Schwartzman, supporter of the arts, whose Blackstone firm went public with a bang, Kenry Kravis, another arts lover, and George Soros, careful now, who might be too much of a public figure already to have his neutrality accepted.

Some of these men are not the paragons of civic interest and altruism that we need, but feel free send memore candidates' names, let's look at them. They'll optimally have to turn Republican, to avoid the internecine warfare that destroys the Democrat candidates, but that's life.