Bipartisan group to explore independent presidential bid at OU meeting

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - University of Oklahoma President David Boren is leading a bipartisan group of former U.S. senators, governors and party leaders who share concerns about "partisan polarization" in the presidential campaign.

Boren says the group will gather at OU on January 7th to urge an end to party squabbling and consider a possible independent candidate.

Boren -- a former Democratic U.S. senator from Oklahoma says the meeting will serve as a form of "shock therapy" to the major-party candidates to "stop the bickering" and provide Americans with a blueprint for bipartisanship in Washington.

Boren says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a potential independent presidential candidate, is among a dozen political leaders who are likely to attend the meeting."