starting to catch fire. this year the youngest candidate in the race is also on the move. >> are you ready to leap behind the reality show in wash and change the channel to something we could be proud of. >> reporter: it is too soon to know if pete buttigieg will follow barack obama but turning heads in iowa like terry and john hail. >> does he remind you of senator obama? >> absolutely. it is the intelligence, it is that cool composure. it is the ability to be presidential. >> he is catching on. and more people see him and more people that support him. >> it was 12 years ago when obama's long shot candidacy turned a corner here, dazzling thousands of democrats at the state party fall gala. this time the hails are among obama admirers on the buttigieg bandwagon. >> pete and obama have a certain amount the pragmatism. >> introducing the south bend