RANDOM THOUGHT (FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH) ABOUT MAYOR PETE'S RISE IN THE POLLS: My {totally uninformed) guess is that Buttigieg is rising in the Democrat presidential pantheon because they must nominate someone with adequate beleagured minority (victim) credentials.

Now that Pocahontas has become Fauxahontas, he's all they've got left. Otherwise they'll have to go with another old white man....