But Bloomberg will come up short, as he comes in for withering attacks from both Democrats and Republicans.

While some recent graduates find success, many are worn down by a gantlet of challenges and disappointments.

Faced with the combined might of a twin attack, it was impossible for the Poles to hold out, and by the end of the month the country was carved up by two of the world's most brutal regimes.

All three men are under fire from the left and the right, their futures clouded by the very resumes that helped give them their power.

Between the attack of the past and the attack of the future, the establishment of July struggled.