the former obama administration, people that led that administration has decided after passing ton laonlast has decided he is going to enter the race for president of the united states. there are a lot of people saying perhaps there's not an opening for him. rev, i'm curious what you think because we know right off the bat that if you just look at it on the surface, we don't know how he'll perform in the presidential contest. but it certainly has to be a concern to elizabeth warren that another massachusetts political figure, in this case a governor, who was seen by the people of new hampshire, new hampshire's basically a boston media market for eight years is jumping into that race. and so may cut into her support in new hampshire. and then the next race, one that we've talked about an awful lot, south carolina. other than joe biden, there isn't a candidate that is really able to do well in the churches, really able to do well in moving older black voters. i'm curious what your thoughts are on deval patrick's ability to do well in new hampshire and possibly south carolina and be a fact