they could change their mind. the fact that you have a surge in the back end of the polling for rick santorum where he is basically second and the fact that you have so many people out there that are now first-time caucus goers. according to this poll, 27%. how does that play? perhapses it is a benefit for ron paul. perhaps, though, it is a benefit because there is a bigger caucus turnout and it is a benefit for mitt romney. >> chris: let me ask you about that, jeff. are you surprised. romney had a tentative relationship with iowa. first was going to be involved and then not going to be involved. are you surprised that the romney people finally decided to commit to heavily to iowa. in. >> not surprised at all. i think the history of this will show that the romney campaign was engaged from the beginning in iowa. they had the biggest