a tizzy about how the foreman new york mayor could shake up the race. -- former. >> the one thing you can't argue about bloomberg in any way is confidence with a capital c. and i think that is the secret sauce. particularly you go against donald trump. >> what did i tell you? they're freak out, the democratic party! the media is salivating over a boom -- bloomberg/trump matchup. howard: joining us now, charlie gasparino. you reported a month ago that bloomberg hadn't closed the door on a possible candidacy, and he was a very good mayor of new york city, but the pundits especially in new york where you were were flipping out. aren't they greatly overestimating the chances of this guy, particularly now says he's going to skip the first four states, aren't they acting like he's going to completely shake up the race when that may not be? >> yeah. well, first off, i want to say