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Won in iowa, we won in minnesota, we won in colorado, and missouri is yet to be seen. and we think we probably won in nevada, because we're counting the precinct votes. the only thing that i might add is there's nothing wrong or deceptive about this. anybody can stay. woody allen says 80% of success is showing up. our people show up. and they have a right to do that, and they are committed, and so they are running as delegates at the precinct level to the county convention where they will again run as delegates from the county convention to the state convention. >> are they being open at the p...

Minnesota, we won in colorado, and missouri is yet to be seen. and we think we probably won in nevada, because we're counting the precinct votes. the only thing that i might add there is nothing wrong or deceptive about this, anybody can stay. woody allen says 80% of success is showing up. our people show up. and they have a right to do that, and they are committed, and so they are running as delegates at the precinct level to the county convention where they will again run as delegates from the county convention to the state convention. >> are they being open at the precinct level, are they b...

And that weakness is why ron paul, i think, looks very excited every night when he apparently is losing these states but he doesn't think he is. here to explain further is doug wead, senior advisor to the ron paul campaign, we're grateful he has chosen to come and talk with us. mr. wead, thank you for being here. >> you're welcome and i'm glad you were born, too, so i wouldn't have to sit here and talk to myself. >> that would be very, very borg. thank you for saying so. in explaining this process i'm absolutely sure i got something wrong, because it is a complicated process. is there anything...

And that weakness is why ron paul i think looks excited every night when he apparently is losing these states but he doesn't think he is. here to explain further is doug wead, senior advisor to the ron paul campaign, we're grateful he has chosen to talk with us. mr. wead, thank you for being here. >> you're welcome i'm glad you were born, too, so i wouldn't have to sit and talk to myself. >> in explaining this process i'm absolutely sure i got something wrong, because it is a complicated process. is there anything about the logistics i messed up? >> you did a great job and you restored my fait...

The caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we don't want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen input from the start itch the new, elongated process, required iowa democrats to hold their first round of caucuses in 20,000 or so precincts, much earlier than bef...