good evening. i am the vice president of the iowa faith and freedom coalition. on behalf of the iffc, i want to say thank you to each and every one of you for being with us in this presidential cycle. since the republican national committee chairman and the national media are here, let me share my top-10 list as to why iowa should continue to be the first in the nation for the next presidential cycle. number 10, iowa is the best place to kiss. whoo! iowa is the best place to pigs, because we have more pigs than people. [laughter] number 9, we also have plenty of babies to kiss because we are all excited about the iowa right to life slogan, populate iowa. [applause] number 8, iowa is a diversified state. not in color, but in colofrgul opinions. no. 7, in iowa, there are more political operatives, more political science professors, more political reporters, more political columnists per-capita than any other state. [applause] number 6, iowans take their political responsibi