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MAYOR EYES DEM LINE

Mayor Bloomberg’s advisers have renewed interest in his pursuing the Democratic line, at the same time his aggressive courtship of the city GOP has hit resistance.

Bloomberg advisers are looking at ways to get a Wilson-Pakula authorization, meaning permission from three of five Democratic county chairs, sources said.

“He needs a line,” said one source, adding that people around the mayor “are looking at everything and anything.”

With Democrats seeing their candidate field as unsettled, and with Bloomberg’s bid for the GOP line meeting with anger from party leaders, the idea is getting new traction.

But Democratic sources said they expect the Brooklyn and Bronx county chairs to back Democratic City Comptroller William Thompson.