Even the Republican candidates lining up to topple President Obama next year should be supporting him now for the good of the country, according to Mayor Bloomberg.

“We should be behind this president even if you’re a candiate who’s going to run against him — which I am not,” Bloomberg said in a taped interview with PBS’ Tavis Smiley in taking bi-partisanship to its highest level.

Asked for an assessment of Obama’s presidency, the mayor took a positive stance.

“I think he has done as good a job as virtually any new president — first two years. Lots of things he could have, would have and should have,” Bloomberg said. “That’s always going to be the case.”

(Source: NY Post)