republicans so the town out is small regardless of how good or bad the weather is and as far as ron paul, he has passionate supporters. there has been some talk that the support could erode because the students in iowa will be gone during the christmas and new year s break but most of the students at the university are actually hawkeye staters and they could go home, too. romney is pushing very, very hard after the last year, potentially keeping iowa at arm s distance only coming about eight times. a lot of folks thought he would not try hard but now he is hitting with lot ads and the phone banks are robo calling like crazy and there is a possibility he could pull off the victory in iowa that even he said was unlikely. and last thing, as gingrich