that s the yellow line on this chart going from 11% at the start of december to take the lead now. that s ron paul in the lead with nearly 24%, about a quarter of the vote for ron paul the libertarian. mitt romney represented by the pink line here on this chart has been rising through december. but seems to have stalled there. look at how it s flattened out there in the last several days. stuck at about 20%. that s always been mitt s problem, getting above 20%. newt gingrich, the green line, it s dropped like a stone since his 31% peak in december, now he s in third place at 17% but with a slight uptick now. a bit of an uptick recently. he may be on the comeback. now to the second bracket of candidates who are the most interesting right now. the one for whom this is sudden death. the ones who appeal to iowa s evangelica evangelicals, the ones with the potential to surprise us on january 3rd. look at rick perry there, he s been gaining strength december. despite all his mistakes in the