a thousand more than ron paul. mitt romney was mentioned about 220,000 times on twitter. santorum was the trailer with 70,000 twitter mentions. we have the. 275,000 absentee ballots. 180,000 cast. compare that to the total votes cast in 2008. nearly two million. joining me now, chairman, reince priebus. >> good morning, alec. >> i hope you're fine. >> i'm doing great. >> let's start with the early voting numbers. more than 452,000 votes cast. about a quarter of the total number who voted in pflorida in 2008. is this an unusually high number then versus now? how do you read the numbers? >> well, i think we see enthusiasm across the board on our side of the aisle.