that s two months sooner than they had originally planned. now, you know the tradition here. iowa is usually the first state to vote. so it s also thinking about pushing up its caucus. our political reporter, shannon is in des moines for us today. is that going to be the plan? if new hampshire moves up, iowa has to move up. we re talking about december, mid-december, could we go as early as november sthp. possibly not november, but definitely potentially december. i have to tell you, t.j., iowa s republican party is not happy at all with what florida is intending to do by holding this january 31st primary. as you mentioned, iowa is always traditionally the first contest in the presidential nominating season that holds the caucuses. iowa is banding together with new hampshire, with nevada and with south carolina. those are the four states that normally go first, according to the rnc rules. they re banding together and saying, look, we re going to move up our dates together,