sara boxer, rachel streitfeld, welcome.ara, as we just saw, what you do day to day darting in and out of hotel rooms doesn't look that glamorous plus listen to mitt romney give the same speech over and over again. how is that working out for you? >> it is not glamorous at all but it's gratifying to hear the same speech over and over again. when you cover someone man-to-man, you notice the differences, the tiniest things he might say different in a stump speech in a place like new hampshire versus a place like iowa, florida, south carolina. so you really actually do have to be on your game all the time and listen for every single word. so you're kind of always trying to pay attention. >> rachel streitfeld, what do you glean on the trail that reporters dipping in and out might miss. >> i was based in new hampshire four months. that really gave me the opportunity to delve bought state. i did a lot of shoe leather reporting, enterprise reporting. i saw all the candidates through the state. i got a lot of contacts. i could see i