happy to be here. so, in terms of iowa voters who have watched this campaign unfold, or had the chance to meet some of these candidates who are thinking about boxing this by the fact it will be really cold on monday, will people have learned anything new from tonight's debate? or was this essentially a continuation of the things they have already been seeing? is it a departure or continuation? well i think it is both to a degree. if you talk to iowan republicans, they're still making up their minds, they are still trying to decide right now. a lot of iowa republicans like the rest of americans, they took a break from news consumption, they went home and enjoyed the holidays. they're coming back in and just now starting to really engage and decide how they will caucus on caucus night. so if you are just tuning into the debate, into the campaign in a meaningful way, this debate could have been really helpful. it was substantiated, it was --