doing well. >> ron brownstein, bring in our panel as well. ron brownstein joins us, a cnn senior political analyst. also editorial of the national journal, kay henderson, radio iowa. thanks for coming in, and a cnn political contributor joining us. nodding your head what matt was saying, it is not the death of what people call retail politics. the face-to-face, hand-to-hand, get to know the candidate? really? 13 debates hasn't changed this? >> no. we're living in a very different way to run for president. gone to the invisible primaries, burrowing into what really is more of a national audition. voters exposed to the same media and those tides are shaping the campaign across the country. having said that, the fact santorum is doing as well as he is is a throwback campaign to what we saw in the "70s and