in '80. bob dole in '88 and huckabee who failed to take the nomination. fielding the argument maybe iowa shouldn't be first. until recently the major candidates didn't spend much time in iowa, jon huntsman skipping iowa altogether said they pick corn in iowa, not presidents. kind of a snarky way to put down a state where he's not spending any time. chairman of iowa's republican party. great to see you. >> great to see you. the institution, doll weg. >> and joining everybody for breakfast this morning. why iowa, when you look -- people have said this. you look at the actual demographics of the state. it's not a diverse state. it's 91% white and not really representative of a lot of other competitions that will happen across the country. so why iowa? >> two things. first, we start the process. we don't finish the process. we play the role of widower, not designed to be predictive of the final outcome, whether the nominee or ultimate victor in the white house but ironic