I did talk to some libs who were considering it before he made such a complete asshole out of himself at the debates. It was in that glorious period of time where Biden was corn poppin and Bernie's power level was the highest it was pre-nevada. They were looking for anything that wasn't Bernie that could stop Trump and they hadn't really been exposed to full Bloomberg yet.

Of course you're right though. He was never going to be nominated. He had to speak eventually.