Gail: I don’t have reservations about whether Bloomberg could be a good president. But I’m still not convinced he could get there. Spin me the story of how he wins the nomination and trumps the Trump.

Bret: Beating Trump would be the easy part — assuming he can secure the nomination. Democrats will vote for him because he isn’t Trump, and because he shares their core values when it comes to reproductive rights, gun control and climate change. Independents will vote for him because he isn’t Trump and because they know he will be a good steward of the economy and a capable champion of American interests and values. That leaves Trump with nobody except his hard-core base, which is about 40 percent of the electorate.

I also see Bloomberg easily winning Florida. Our first Jewish president! I’m kvelling already.

Gail: He’d be the first-whole-bunch-of-things. Time for a change!

Bret: The toughie is getting the nomination. He’s an East Coast Master-of-the-Universe when Democrats have become the party that wants to “cancel billionaires,” whatever that means. He is jumping in the race very late and will tick off some voters for seeming like an opportunistic Johnny-come-lately. He will have a hard time winning in Iowa, where other candidates have been stumping for months. But he should definitely try to compete in New Hampshire. He needs a strong showing in at least one state to prove he’s for real and can actually win votes rather than merely buy them.

Gail: Looks like his plan is to skip Iowa and New Hampshire. Which worked so well for that other New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani. Still remember covering the Giuliani presidential campaign in Florida, watching him try to casually walk along the beach in a suit.

But I would never insult Bloomberg by comparing him to Rudy …

Bret: Comparing Bloomberg to Giuliani is like comparing Carlos Santana to Axl Rose: One of them definitely did not get better with age.

Bloomberg’s appeal to Democrats must be along the lines that he’s a uniter in an age of division; that he made his fortune honestly, ran his business ethically and has given billions back; that he’s ready to be president on Day 1; that he will restore sanity and sobriety to our politics; and, above all, that he is the only moderate in the race with a sure shot at the election. People love Pete Buttigieg, but he’s just too young. People should love Michael Bennet, but he failed to catch fire. And people don’t love Cory Booker because he seems way too contrived.