of our nominees. so perry, some analysts say mitt romney needs to connect on some sort of a hail mary in the debates to turn things around. is that putting too much pressure on him? he does have a lot of pressure on him. right now the numbers are showing he s behind about three or four points nationally. the other thing, gallup research showed last week that essentially twice in the last 50 years has a candidate basically been losing before the debates but then after the debates been winning. it s very hard to change the dynamic completely. as we ve seen in 2008, the president may know debates are not his number one skill. he s pretty good at them. it s not clear he s going to make a bill gap to let romney win. thank you both. let s go more from iowa. early voting is happening now. good day to you, jamie. what can you tell us about the overall sentiment you re getting