'Mayor Pete' surges into the top 10 in our 2020 rankings

Over the last month, the 2020 race for the Democratic presidential nomination feels as though it has begun in earnest.

And the past month has seen a star emerge in the race in the form of South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.We contemplated including Mayor Pete at No. 10 in our rankings last month, but decided against it because he was still a) almost totally unknown and b) had limited prospects for raising the millions of dollars he would need to get better known in such a crowded field. .

In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! Boy, do things look different today! Buttigieg -- powered by a series of strong performances in national TV interviews as well as several viral moments -- has rocketed to the edge of the top tier in this month's rankings. And it's not just buzz, which, last time we checked, doesn't pay for staff or TV ads in Iowa.

ForecasterEnten There is no feud on VP Pence part. The Mayor is confusing beliefs and rights. Mayor Pete seems think his right to be gay supercedes the right of any others to believe it’s not ok. That has nothing to do with his social,legal rights and protections to be gay

ForecasterEnten No racism (but lots of Jesus) in Indiana. 'The tender Lamb of God, it was made clear to me, had also been a bit of a proponent of cutting corporate tax rates, reducing access to health care, restricting immigration.' VP Mike Ponce, Read here:

ForecasterEnten Shades of the Avenatti blow jobs regularly offered up on CNN Propaganda....

ForecasterEnten Oh goodie, more BS from CNN

ForecasterEnten Wow 9%really impressed zeroshot

ForecasterEnten I liked the guy until he started this crap. I am not a Christian nor any religion but I truly dislike this kind of campaigning from anyone.

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ForecasterEnten Why do u want our country 2 be divided There are many outspoken gay TRUMP supporters Trump is the least rascist most accepting POTUS ever Msnbc joy& mika & msm use homophobic slurs& u guys r silent- u refuse2ack gay blk& latino trump support-& lie bc dems losing support fr them

ForecasterEnten Zzzzzzz

ForecasterEnten This guy is crazy excited about its fake poll. Got to keep it PC on CNN.

ForecasterEnten WTF where is Tulsi?

ForecasterEnten Feud over faith from the religion of peace network.

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ForecasterEnten How do you feud with someone who has done nothing but praise you? Do you need a FALSE narrative to get you some media attention? Apparently PeteButtigieg doesn’t have or isn’t confident in his policy ideas, so decided to use a nonexistent “cause” to compete with his Dem rivals!

ForecasterEnten Yet he's fighting a non argument. Pence has his beliefs, but respects others for theirs. So keeping up this fight is a non burger.

ForecasterEnten Wasn't HillaryClinton in the top spot back 2016 and ”guaranteed” to win? I remember people chuckling on your pathetic excuse for a ”bias” news channel about the possibility of realDonaldTrump becoming POTUS.

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ForecasterEnten Ah. The Butt Gig Economy. The race for second place truly hotting up I see.

ForecasterEnten I'm going to throw this out here. If Buttiigieg wasn't gay. He would not be the sweetheart of the Democratic party. There I said it. I'm sorry, but it's true.

ForecasterEnten CNN is the LGBTQ's gateway to international attention. The US must resist this effort to hijack it's children and manipulate gender through surgery and propaganda. The US and the rest of the world should not and must not turn gay! RESIST!

ForecasterEnten Are these the same polls that had Hillary winning🤔🤔🤔

ForecasterEnten Giving this guy air time just makes CNN look more and more like a joke. Moving on to MSNBC.

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ForecasterEnten Democrat party is divided it’s not the same party anymore trump2020 🇺🇸

He has no message so, he attacks someone that has a view point different than his, some one devoted to his faith. Mayor Pete is a Religious bigot and cisophobe.

ForecasterEnten Pence said only nice, respectful things about that guy and he decided to attack him because he wanted to act like a victim. It's bizarre.

ForecasterEnten Ahhhhh....so distorting the facts is a smart move. Typical Dem play

ForecasterEnten It's not just a move though. His criticisms are correct and warranted. Mr Pence is a dinosaur and it's time we move on from his archaic and harmful views. Pete2020

ForecasterEnten The best dem candidate thus far is Pete. Dems should nominate Pete.

ForecasterEnten Interesting, America is heading into another POTUS election cycle. The greatest threat continues to be the economy, especially the deficit, debt and interest on the debt. If America was a family of 4, America would be totally, irreversibly bankrupt. CONGRESS IS THE PROBLEM

ForecasterEnten The biggest problem with Buttigieg is that he’s more qualified to work a KFC takeout window in Indianapolis.

ForecasterEnten Is it a feud if only one side is feuding?

ForecasterEnten You better stop cnn, Beto is going to become jealous.

ForecasterEnten I'm not sure it was intended as a 'smart move.' Rather, PeteButtigieg is being his authentic self and people are responding that.

ForecasterEnten Only in a democratic party can you attack somebody’s religion and gain ground.

ForecasterEnten A one party feud? CNN, you're bad at writing news. Good thing you aren't a news organization or you might mislead people.

ForecasterEnten Doesn’t a “feud” need both people to be involved?

ForecasterEnten I guess he decided that honor is overrated in politics and he seems to be correct. Hatred is ok if the hated deserve it I guess. Situational ethics sure make life less complicated.

ForecasterEnten Mike Pence the best of the best, a wise Godly man, CNN nothing but smut & fake news.

ForecasterEnten Which is all it is - a fake dispute that only the gay mayor and appear to be participating in.

ForecasterEnten A gay president I thought that's what Obama was

ForecasterEnten CNN remember your polling

ForecasterEnten They are completely out of their mind. Compared Bernie fund raising of 2019 with Hillary fundraising 2016, not mentioned how she raised 47mill , 98% given to Hill was from wall street and establishments

ForecasterEnten Rather than relying on cnn news bites and Twitter comments, listen to ezraklein interview Buttigieg on his podcast earlier this month. Buttigieg comes off as intelligent, kind, and well qualified. And HE READS!

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ForecasterEnten The feud is unfortunate so maybe they can sit down with some popcorn and watch this video together.......

ForecasterEnten A feud? Doesn't it take more than one to feud? Idiocy...

ForecasterEnten Hating Christians really resonates with liberals.

ForecasterEnten 9% when you're up against those other losers and you play the gay card? Not impressed.

ForecasterEnten Remember and their pills told you Hillary was going to win too🙃

ForecasterEnten That’s great. Let make him the democrat nominee. Trump for four more years for sure

ForecasterEnten Smart? That he attacks a Christian. I would say that he's not to bright. But the race is early while media props up these White guys. It's okay when it's a Democrat ... CNN the left arm of the Democrat party.

can’t believe u are spouting this, when he lauded Pence in his book. He’s a hypocrite!

ForecasterEnten It’s not a feud, it’s an unprovoked attack. I was wondering when he was finally go off the emotional rails. He was a bit too contained at the beginning & I felt there was something wrong with him.

ForecasterEnten About time someone challenged Pence's twisted views on Christianity. Jesus would be appalled by far right Christianity. His message was love, not hate. Everything he said and did is the opposite of potus.

ForecasterEnten CNN’s power ranking numbers would hold some clout if anyone actually watched your network.

ForecasterEnten The American voter is too shallow to elect a President Buttgieg... Beavis & Buttgieg 2020

ForecasterEnten Good morning Americans! and democrats....

ForecasterEnten That might be a good move within the Democratic party but huge mistake overall

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ForecasterEnten There is no feud. Pete Buttplug tries to play the victim(like most leftist) while Mike Pence has said nothing bad about Pete. Im gay and I know that just bc someone doesn't agree with my lifestyle that doesn't make them homophobic and doesn't make me a victim. Gays4Trump

ForecasterEnten It’s a one sided artificial feud and shouldn’t policies and ideas be driving politics ? Guess not.. lame

ForecasterEnten Fued? He's the only one spewing the hate. Cnn. Give it a break

ForecasterEnten Wish cnn would listen when people who know the pences are crap talk about it . There are articles upon articles to be written about their family and how they ruin lives in Indiana.

ForecasterEnten Top 5...lofty goals

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