. >> i am ken riser. i am a state representative here in iowa. and my question is, when i talk to a lot of my friends from the service, because i served 25 years in the air force. what is it about iowa, and iowan iowans that make us worthy of this responsibility to be the first in the nation? >> professor hagle. >> the story it started in the early 70s and iowa jumped ahead of the other states. and it didn't seem to get a lot of notice until 1976, when a governor from georgia, by the name of jimmy caer, manageded to finish firstst in the caucus. and went on and got the nomination and won the general election. because of that, that put iowa on the map. and each year sincnc t tn it's grown for both parties. that we have more and more candidates coming here. and in some sense the process every cycle but how we got here. >> dr. kaufmann of the iowa caucuses that we addressed, that people are pressing the flesh, going to the diners and the puffer belly days, and they are out for people to see them on ththflesh. how important is that? how does that dif