Then presidential candidate Bill de Blasio onstage at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding in Clear Lake, Iowa on August 9, 2019.
Then presidential candidate Bill de Blasio onstage at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding in Clear Lake, Iowa on August 9, 2019. ( Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr)

De Blasio quits quixotic quest for the White House

It's All Over Now, Mayor Bill
Sep 20 2019 | 11:45 AM
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He never seemed to mind becoming a national laughingstock, fodder for late-night comedians, human dart board for a merciless press and object of ridicule even in his own hometown.

But after 128 days of nearly non-existent poll numbers, paltry crowds, dismal fundraising and tabloid indignities portraying...