i can also talk about jim gibbons, a dear friend and someone who stepped up and helped us by endorsingalk about steve, a businessman here who stepped up a couple of weeks ago to help us. sam was with us yesterday and the day before. he has a talk-show up in sioux city. i could talk about what bob did 10 days ago in stepping forward. the bottom line is yes, they provided some leadership, but the real leadership is being provided by the people of iowa. i have always believed we would get our balance, not from a debate performance, not from a big, flashy report on how much money i have been raising or how many impressive folks i have in a super pak, but i would get it because we went out and earned the trust of the people of iowa. the people of iowa would do the two things that i have been asking them to do at the end of my speech. that is, do not defer your judgment to people who know less about who these candidates are and you do. -- and you do. -- than you do. you fight to be first, lead. do what you believe is in the best interest of this country, and secondly, be bold. this country i