Obama and Bloomberg met for breakfast. What a powerhouse political duo that would be.

Obama left a $10.00 tip for a $17.00 breakfast. Mikey is worth about $3B. He couldn't fork out money for an egg sandwich?

BLOOMBERG, OBAMA CHAT OVER EGGS IN NYC
AP
November 30, 2007 -- NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to keep out of the presidential race, but he can't seem to stay away from it - he and Democratic candidate Barack Obama had a breakfast date in Manhattan.

The billionaire mayor and the Illinois senator chatted over eggs and potatoes early Friday at the New York luncheonette on East 50th Street.

The topic of conversation was anyone's guess.

Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser declined to say why the two were meeting. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said the men share a similar view: that Washington has been consumed by partisan politics.

Security closed the diner to regular customers while the politicians were there.

Afterward, Obama picked up the check -- both for himself and the billionaire mayor. The total came to $17.34, and he left a $10 tip, according to their waitress, Judith Perez.

Then the two politicians left in separate cars without addressing a media throng.

Maybe Bloomberg wanted to annoy his home state senator, and Obama's main opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Bloomberg always speaks well of her publicly, although she did not endorse him when he twice ran for mayor as a Republican.

Bloomberg has since dropped his party affiliation to become an independent, and he enjoys constantly stirring the speculation that he will get into the presidential race.

Bloomberg dined earlier this week with Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska; perhaps his photo-op breakfast with Obama was part of his continuing campaign to cast himself as nonpartisan.

The mayor has repeatedly said he has no plans to run but intends to inject himself into the national dialogue to try and influence the debate.

Bloomberg and Obama met last January when the mayor testified about security grants before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security.