Let The Wild Rumpus Start!

Which is to say, he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot:

But the mayor’s vow of neutrality was initially taken as a liberal line in the sand, part of Mr. de Blasio’s effort to kick-start a national movement to nudge presidential contenders toward the left.

For months, the mayor’s allies objected to accusations that Mr. de Blasio wanted to play kingmaker, saying that he simply wanted to hear more detail about the policy plans of presidential contenders, particularly at an early stage of the campaign.

More recently, however, the mayor’s inner circle had grown frustrated with his delay in endorsing, saying that the uncertainty had become a distraction.

The will-he-or-won’t-he soap opera ended shortly after sunrise, on a low-rated, basic cable talk show amid banter about baseball and jokes about Citi Bike.