>> people said the same thing about the junior senator in 2007 barack obama. >> very true. he had something that no other presidential candidate before him and that was he was a person of color and americans wanted to put a person of color in office. beto high school a hispanic first name even though he's not hispanic and doesn't make him a minority. i think that democrats will look at somebody of color or the right gender this time around. leland: one thing that does not seem to be being explored right now even though you have the new york times looking into schultz's background, perhaps he didn't come from quite the rags to riches story that he said he did. you have other news organizations looking into the background of other candidates, elizabeth warren comes to mind and then you have beto o'rourke who plays up his working man