Conversation so far:
What was the speculation regarding the presidential campaign?
It was speculated that the move would allow Sheekey to begin preliminary efforts for a Bloomberg presidential campaign in the 2012 election.
What was significant about this?
Bloomberg's top political strategist Kevin Sheekey resigned from his mayoral advisory position and returned to Bloomberg LP, Bloomberg's company.

Question: Did he run for president?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Kevin Sheekey run for president?