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In a crisp gray suit with a red-apple lapel pin, Mr.Bloomberg explained that the mayor's job - like that of any corporate tycoon - is to inspire and lead people... Undaunted by his lack of experience, and buoyed to immediate legitamacy by the personal fortune, Bloomberg is banking on one of the most enduring myths in modern American politics to catapult him to victory: that a businessman can automatically do anything a politician can - and better... "When things are going really badly, they can say, 'I'm an outsider, I can shake things up, I can fix things,'" says Philip Klinkner, a professor at Hamilton College in Clinton N.Y. "When things are going relatively well, people look for a continuation of that status quo."

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