i think pete has done some things. he came out with the douglas plan. he had some flubs with that picture from kenya which i think is is a bit of a nothing because you know how stock photos go in media. and i think we know that joe biden is leading but he was just the vice president for a very popular president. there s a lot of name recognition there that plays into it. we all consume the minutia of this stuff. most people are not watching these debates from beginning to end. most people don t know how to say pete buttigieg s last name. we re a long way away from the first round of votes and needs to give people an opportunity to know him like the other candidates do. speaking of last debate, no one really took buttigieg on and tulsi gabbard tried and he absolutely roasted her. do you think the other candidates are afraid to take on buttigieg or do you think that s sort of a sign they re not all that worried about him? they should be now. he was the only one on that stage who pr