things that i would think are sacrosanct, but those two are important to me, and the reason is not a vicos everyone in iowa and new hampshire are special, but we have tested this overtime and found the people in both of those states to be highly attentive, to attend meetings, ask tough questions, and it is a tribute to these states but such attention is paid to the process, and i think it makes sense to follow that course. price we were close to it for years ago, and it must frustrate you. your campaigns must take that into account. you get the message out differently? is there any suspension, or do you buy everyone i get? is your christmas card ready? >>y christmas card is not ready, but we picked the picture. now getting all 28 of us to look ok, the first thing is, how does maslow -- mom look. my guess is whether you had the primary on january 2 or january 12 or january 15, the christmas and new year's are goingo be busy times without much time off. if it all staed in march, that might be different, but in january we will all be campaigning hard in the holiday season. >> when you came in