Leaving the Romney rally. A lot smaller - there were about as many media as voters. The event was in a hangar at the local airport - very small. There were no signs out front but we saw them stacked inside the door on our way in - some volunteer dropped the ball. He was introduced by Speaker Hastert. Romney spoke for about 15 minutes, a lot shorter than Clinton's hour. His speech was very general - "valence" issues as our AP text calls them - I love those Heartland values. Brief hits on immigration, marriage, health care - we are going to insure everyone but not with Hillary Care. I got to shake his hand on the way out and offered him greetings from Massachusetts. One of his sons, Jake was with him. I polled a number of enthusiastic supporters. So far, my polling shows a lot of support for the Iowa First Caucus system, but I haven't gotten a chance to interview anyone away from the rallies yet.
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