sahil kapur and karen tumulty. mr. kapur: iweb voters have determined the candidate twice. why do believe that iowa should go first and selecting nominees, if they do not reflect the larger republican electorate? mr. kaufmann: fair question. four years ago, mitt romney was in a virtual tie with rick santorum, losing in one of the closest elections in iowa. even given that, i do not think americans expect us to choose the nominee. if so, we would not need the other 49 contests. i think iowa exists so that every person has the credentials to run for president can do so, in an environment where you can

karen tumulty is with "the washington post," and sahil kapur is with "bloomberg politics." mr. kapur: the latest census figures shows that just 6% of iowans are nonwhite. why should i would continue to select the nominees of it does not reflect the demographic makeup of your party? ms. mcguire: first of all, thank you for having me today. i think what is happening here in iowa is we are becoming much more diverse all the time. we have actually increased, since 2000, 80% in our latino population. what we also do is take our diversity very seriously. we have the brown-black form to talk about diversity issues. i think we are very cognizant of that. i think we are a little more diverse than people think. ms. tumulty: that was one of the secret weapons that barack obama had in 2008. people have this impression of iowa caucus-goers as being older and whiter. barack obama did manage to turn out a lot of young people and a more diverse population. if the caucus go with looked like they normally did, barack obama was said to come in third, not first. what is your sense of caucus-goers a

sahil kapur and karen tumulty. mr. kapur: iweb voters have determined the candidate twice. why do believe that iowa should go first and selecting nominees, if they do not reflect the larger republican electorate? mr. kaufmann: fair question. four years ago, mitt romney was in a virtual tie with rick santorum, losing in e