Exactly my thought. First heard of him on Rush Limbaugh. He mentioned him in the last week and from that mention it is clear he had spoken about him before. Spouse and I have been waiting for the secret candidate to emerge and think the same as you--Mayor Pete is the guy. He went to Harvard, was a Rhodes Scholar so I figure he is the CIA/DS candidate--he has the 'bearing,'  My only surprise is that I wouldn't have thought they would have picked someone white, and someone male. Kept waiting to see if they were going to roll out Michael Obama--but maybe they are finally beginning to understand that we are not really cottoning to the political dynasty idea...