iowa. where else would you be? it's a crowded field, again. good roots there with the evangelical community. so how he doing today? >> reporter: that's circumstantial true. the voters here -- that's certainly true. the voters here recognize him wrefr wherever he goes. some of that from his fox tv show he gave up to enter the race. one of the voters he spoke to asked, said that we weren't sure you were serious. were you just doing this to sell books. huckabee said, you know, it's clear i've given up a lot to do this. i'm going to try it again. his challenge -- i'll let you see him talking to voters. the challenge this time is going to be to stand up from the crowd. you saw this even on the front page of "the des moines register." activists saying instead of being the new face, the downhome charm, the underdog he is somebody who comes in on top and comes in competing with a series ofnations includes people like senator -- of faces that includes people like ted cruz.