BTRTN Nevada Debate Analysis: The Bloomberg is Off the Rose

Born To Run the Numbers provides its overnight analysis of the Democratic debate in Nevada:

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/02/btrtn-nevada-debate-analysis-bloomberg.html

Excerpts: "There's a lot that $52 billion dollars can buy, one of which is to make a $350 advertising spending spree feel like the rest of us do when we splurge for the side of fries. And then there are things that fifty-two billion dollars cannot buy. Mike Bloomberg discovered what eight debates, dozens of town halls, and thousands of hours talking one-on-one to actual living, breathing voters earned the other candidates: ready, razor-sharp, battle-tested one-minute answers to any conceivable question. Worse still: Bloomberg discovered that his competitors had learned in prior debates how to skewer an opponent on an area of vulnerability, and how to keep twisting the knife until an impatient moderator, a commercial break, or a complete bleed-out put an end to the agony...
"Warren went in for the kill: “So, wait, when you say it is up to -- I just want to be clear. Some is how many? And -- and when you -- and when you say they signed them and they wanted them, if they wish now to speak out and tell their side of the story about what it is they allege, that's now OK with you?” Bloomberg held tightly to his shredded defense. The audience booed.
"Welcome to the NFL, Mayor. Within 45 minutes of his arrival on your first debate stage, Bloomberg was black and blue, reeling and retreating. In addition to “stop and frisk” and the “me too” issues in his company, Bloomberg was taken to task for failing to promptly release his taxes, for his mixed messages on ObamaCare, and for his support of George W. Bush in 2004.It was a very, very tough debut for Michael Bloomberg, underscoring once again the enormous advantage held by candidates who have spent the last year in the bruising off-Broadway rehearsals in hamlets across Iowa and New Hampshire. Bloomberg was not ready for prime time..."
"Here are our winners and losers..."