How Much Does It Cost To Buy The Independence Party?

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/06/indy-party-waits-for-bloomberg.html

State Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay, who set up a national network in hopes that Bloomberg would run for president, said he’s now waiting for the mayor’s nod before putting that operation to work for someone else.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/07/13/2008-07-13_mayor_bloombergs_pals_can_count_on_him_a.html

Two months ago, Mayor Bloomberg wrote a $150,000 check to the state Independence Party, whose chairman, Frank MacKay, played a key role in Bloomberg's short-lived flirtation with a presidential bid on a third-party line.