Perhaps New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was belatedly celebrating his decision to (allegedly/supposedly/probably/maybe) stay out of the presidential race this year when he dressed up in denim cutoffs, purple metallic leggings and teal leg warmers to perform with the Broadway cast Xanadu for the press' annual Inner Circle Dinner on Saturday. Whatever the reason, it's good to see that despite construction-crane tragedies and collapsing investment banks plaguing the city recently, Bloomberg hasn't lost his sense of humor. Of course, this sort of thing isn't exactly unprecedented; his predecessor knew his way around lipstick, fishnet stockings and a feather boa, and there's ample photographic documentation of this. But in a campaign climate that has honed in on more mundane image issues like Obama stowing his American flag pin and Hillary's depressing army of pantsuits, it's no surprise Giuliani didn't last long. Bloomberg, in seeming to fold his presidential cards, might just have the foresight his predecessor lacked. America may be ready for a different kind of president, but a grown man paying homage to Olivia Newton-John movies? Not a chance. --Wyatt Jansen

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