.....”Mike never recovered from the opening series of left hooks and below-the belt punches delivered”....
I disagree, Bloomberg knew well ahead the media had spoon fed the public this was going to be a bashing on him and the candidates were happy to obligue the narrative the media set. Bloomberg just refused to play their game... and just let the others make fools of themselves...which they did.
I’m with you on that. Bloomers kept his cool while the others piled on. Compared to the others, his confidence and restraint had to have impressed.
Bernie looked tired when he wasn’t indignantly calling out his armies of the forlorn. Picture an old codger waving his cane at kids wrecking his lawn—they were on his property dammit!
The campaign has just started. People can vote their fantasy now, but they’ll get more pragmatic at the end. They’ll grudgingly go with the odious Bloomers; he’s the only one who looks competent.