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Excitement on our side. we'll see as we start the process. >> doug heye. veteran conservati strategist and a man who can get the anti-obama talking point into any totally unrelated discussion with admirable efficiency, doug. i always enjoy talking to you. >> rachel, that's the nicest thing anybody said to me. let me point out one thing very, very quickly. when i voted last year in washington, d.c., they asked me for my i.d. if you want to come down with me next time, we can make sure that great travesty is corrected, i'll be happy to stand with you. >> you and me will stand there and make sure...

That's not us growing a little more than they are. since barack obama has been elected, one in ten iowa democrats have abandoned the republican party. that's something that should send, though the president certainly has a strong organization in the state, should send a real cause of concern to the white house, to the iowa democratic party, itself. it's one of the reasons republicans here are so excited. >> doug, that admirable spin. don't you get an increase in registrations in the party that's having the fight when the other party isn't having a fight? that's why we saw roughly the double tu...

In the republican party and the excitement we have. 33 consecutive months against chairman matt straun we've had growth against the democrats. that's not us growing a little more than they are. since barack obama has been elected, one in ten iowa democrats have abandoned the republican party. that's something that should send, though the president certainly has a strong organization in the state, should send a real cause of concern to the white house, to the iowa democratic party, itself. it's one of the reasons republicans here are so excited. >> doug, that admirable spin. don't you get an in...

Voting and force voters who register on the same day as the election, he wants to force them into usesing provisional ballots. provisional ballots may never be counted. when republicans in iowa are trying to get the rules for the electorate at large, when there may be a risk of democratic voters voting in an election for a democrat candidate against the republican, in those elections, we must have strict voter i.d. regulations and an attempt at same-day registration will get your ballot kicked down to second-class status. when republicans get to set the rules, themselves, for their own republi...

Two hours, you're probably not going to be somebody who's going to tamper with the system too much. >> doug, to be clear, since you have been in iowa, i know you've been there a long time handling communication now, trying to make sure everybody understands things from the perspective of the party, has there been a fight within the party over gt fact you don't have to show a photo i. d. to vote? has there been consternation for that? they're trying to change the rules for the state's election. there has not been worry about that for the caucuses? >> not at all. i've been with the secretary of ...