thousand and ten would have hand him a seven point loss today i will republicans governor terry branstad won by ten points in two thousand and ten but would lose by two points the day and finally in georgia governor nathan deal would see is ten point win in two thousand and ten morphed into a one point loss today.

first of all, governor branstad is here. congressman bruce braley is here.gressman dave loebsack is here. bobby schilling is here. michael freemire, the mayor of bettendorf, is here. and jeff grindle, mayor of riverdale, is here. the chairwoman of the national association of manufacturers, mary andringa, is here. the ceo of alcoa, klaus kleinfeld, is here. vice president and general manager of davenport, malcolm murphy, is here. and an old friend of mine who actually drove me around a couple times while i was traveling around iowa, skip mcgill, is here, president of the local usw. you know, i know you've been seeing a lot of politicians around lately. something tells me that you may see a few more before february is over. but iowa, you and i, we go a long way back. and those of you who are coming over from the illinois side, we go even longer back. so we've got some history together. and together we're going to make some more history for years to come. and that's why i'm so glad to be here at alcoa. all of you are showing the future we can build here in east