we're not trying to turn out a lot of people. what we're trying to do is get our voters motivated. the most important thing coming out of the iowa caucuses for us is that we are staying in iowa when these candidates leave. >> but, brad, isn't a surprise winner good for the obama campaign? because they're going to keep going back and forth at one another. it's going to give you an opportunity to trip up mitt romney again, who many people think is going to get this thing. but it would seem to me a surprise winner would be good for your campaign. >> oh, sure. look, i mean, we've made no secret the fact we think the longer this republican contest goes, the better. the polling shows that. the approval ratings, for example, favorability ratings for mitt romney has declined across the board in all the battleground states the longer he's been a candidate. he's just been kind of stuck at 20%, 25%. other candidates in the field have seen their favorability drop the longer they're in the race. we'd like for this thing to go on for a while. >> are you going to answer the outlandish things the candidates have said? i was in the room when rick