Those who talk/ed about it ( MSM/"pundits"/those here ) were/are 1) wishing it 2) looking for an audience 3) political naifs 4) uneducated 5) pushing "fear porn" 6) some to most of these things.
I don’t agree he/she won’t run. Dems have to tru and get a few votes or they can’t even hope to cheat enough.
If they bring Mike out at the end without enough time to expose all her/its dirty laundry there are probably enough kool-aid drinkers left to make a showing.
IMHO