the question is whether he will transmute it into something more durable. being on a bus tour in western tennessee is not the way. that s suggesting that michele bachmann has been sort of a sleepener the past few weeks, in terms of getting attention from the media. but she spent a lot of time in iwa. that s her strategy. does that put her in a more viable position. she may be more viable than the national polls give her credit for. iowa, south carolina, new hampshire, they have a different sort of tone to each of them. in iowa, they are slow to commit, but once they commit, they stay with you, that midwestern sensibility. in new hampshire, they are slow to fall in love with you, but once they fall in love with you, they will fall out, fall in, fall out. you hope they are falling fallin love with you when they go to vote. she s from waterloo, originally, grew up there, represents the adjoining state. she has an organization in place. in a caucus, organization