there and slingshot into momentum in the rest of the campaign. right now mitt romney looks very effective in what he is doing. and obviously g.o.p. voters think he has a really good chance of being the nominee in the end. but they are still closing the deal. conservatives aren't buying it. >> laura: didn't show up at the straw poll and again you were there. i was there. on the ground in iowa people at the time were kind of offended by that he didn't spend time in iowa. but now it's kind of becoming the narrative that well, it's going to be romney. go to intrade.com. all the bets are going on romney still even after the cain increase in momentum. take us to january 3rd. it's the day of the iowa caucuses. people think you show up and vote. what really happens? tell us. >> bret: republicans do it different than democrats. democrats you have to go in and you have to stand in different parts of the room. republicans still do a secret ballot. but, they do go to these different caucus sites. different precincts throughout the state and they talk about the candidates. they debate the issues and