His withdrawal from the race was totally typical of the campaign. He was outside the box. Nobody expected this.

It's the race you'd like to forget. You can't win with this cast.

The flip side is that there are a lot of issues that are unresolved, such as overcrowding. But it doesn't seem as if the [Democratic] candidates have been able to put together a coherent, cogent and compelling critique of the mayor and a blueprint of what they would do differently.

He came in as a liberal Democrat and has governed as a moderate-to-liberal Democrat, and that's why liberal Democrats are mostly satisfied. That's what he is.

But, ... he shows no inclination of doing anything like that.

It seems that they would prefer to run against Freddy.