In case you missed this, my colleague Michael Calderone stopped by a party last night in Manhattan hosted by News Corp, where Michael Bloomberg presidential buzz was in the air.

From Newsweek senior editor Lally Weymouth's introduction:

“Everybody in New York that I know thinks he’s a brilliant mayor, and everyone thinks he would be a brilliant president.”

But the line of the night unquestionably goes to Fox News executive Roger Ailes, who is upset that the Democrats won't participate in a presidential debate co-sponsored by Fox.

“The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face Al Qaeda,” he said. “And that’s what’s coming.”

“I’m sworn to secrecy,” Rupert Murdoch told The Observer as he was leaving the New-York Historical Society’s auditorium last night. But: “We’re making progress,” the News Corp. chief added.  read more »