is a high wire act that has not happened in iowa before. in the past they didn t have a debate before the straw poll voting. there is a lot of danges. susan is right about the undecided nature it is the most fluid republicans have seen . the ballot on the straw poll will contain the write in blind. they put it in well because they didn t know what was going to happen. the stakes are enormous and tim pawlenty who spent the most time and money here has the most to lose. if he doesn t do well in the debate, that will bode badly and ople will be asking him if heel stay in. you give us a sense of the feeling on the ground out there. they are interested but they are in the shopping phase. some of them have had committed to a candidate. but they can be convinced by
chris wallace and susan correspondant for the washington examiner. i think i am ready. what do you think? you heard the president today. obviously the focus of the debate will be on the economy. there is not we are not giving up too much by saying that. it is the focus was everybody. chutely . not to pump ourselves up. but it is a great time to have the debate. people are getting engaged in the race and will be more engaged when rick perry gets in and they want to hear from the candidates and what an extraordinary time when the stock market goes up up . down 500. first downgrade of the u.s. credit rating in history. i think they are going to want to hear from sevenmen and one woman what are your answers and solutions. susan, we worked on the