there ratan reporters -- there were 10 reporters. we had only a 400 people that participated.things changed over those years. that is congratulations to all of you and the job you have done. i want to thank al for letting us do this. two new things this year. those of you who voted no that we have moved into the 21st century. we conducted a straw poll online for the first time. thank you very much for those of you who participated. and for your patience. retested this down in florida -- we tested this down in florida and it worked there and it worked. this year. it allowed us to conduct a survey from 9:00 on thursday. we did not close the balloting until 1:00. everybody who wanted to vote got to hear every one of the present a candidate before they voted. in addition to conducting the straw poll a different way, with the help of the washington times, we're able to conduct a telephone survey also identified conservatives nationally. we asked the same questions to both the telephone responder and the same we asked to you. that is what i want to share with you today. what you'll