Washington Post: “One is the tough, get-it-done, rich guy who stars in $340 million worth of advertising, emotes in scripted speeches and is praised daily by his surrogate army. The other is the sometimes bumbling, frequently ineffective and often peevish politician who showed up Wednesday night, operating on the fly.” “Bloomberg’s advisers, well aware of his uneven public performance as New York mayor, have tried to reconcile the two identities.