can happen eight days out. what are you watching for and is there anything that is going to fundamentally change the makeup of this race between now and january 15th? >> well, like you say, iowa is a special place. we've seen these strange things happen here in the final days of the race. you know, people ask if we know exactly what's going to happen and this has been a remarkably stable race. we haven't seen a lot of the changing of, you know, who's in the league, who is in second place, a whole lot. it's been remarkably stable, but one thing that i always note is that in our last poll, the des moines register nbc news i will pull from december, about half of likely republican congress goers say that they have not made up their minds for president yet. and so, we're in these final weeks, these candidates are on the ground constantly. the airwaves are flooded with tv ads and we are seeing things move. this is when people are making their decisions. they're watching what these candidates are seeing right now and they're using that to make up their minds and really solidify their choices. but as far as what we are