a lot of these permits will be expiring, will not be able to extend thaem. we need to build something in there so that that does not happen. i am mostly referring to the smaller projects, and vertical, horizontal conditions -- whatever. would be unfair for them to go through the process again. commissioner hechanova: commissioner walker. commissioner walker: if you do the initial renewal after the current timetable expires, does it really have to go through a planning and dbi review, or is that just a perfunctory evaluation of they need more time? >> if the project had been approved by planning for more than three years, we do send it as a cursory approval back to planning. quite frankly, we have won the night in the time that we had been doing this. commissioner walker: that is for the one that are more than 36? >> the one approved by planning 36 months before. commissioner walker: that seems to apply only to the larger projects? >> it can be any level of project. it can be a small home owner who cannot get the financing also. the years have been bad for th

because it is a long process and you have to get to know them, you do get to know thaem. their qualities and values are shown. >> i think that tradition has been really eroded in this cycle. santorum did good in 99 counties, bachmann wants to do the same thing. romney barely went there, and now he is closing strong. >> he did campaign for years ago out there. >> he did and lost. this time he was too afraid to commit and put himself out there. what we're seeing in iowa this cycle is what we're seeing nationally, lots of television advertising instead of a lot of the town all sorts of things. we have a debate and tv ads, but not the same sorts of retail politicking from previous cycles. >> in 2008, barack obama got 54% in iowa, 53% nationally. george bush got 50% in iowa, 50.7% nationally. that is pretty damn representative of the nation if you are talking politically and the way it votes. all the way back in 1996 -- >> but why is that have to be? if what you wanted was ever presented a state that could have won a primary election, have it in missouri and then call it off.