How much campaigning does it take to get your attention in Iowa? If you live in Iowa, and still don’t know the positions of the candidates, you just haven’t been paying attention.

Or, it simply shows how difficult a decision this is for conservatives. Between the candidates, there are good points and bad points. Huckabee is a great communicator, strong social conservative, but weak on the fiscal side. He’s also suffering due to his liberal stance on illegal immigration.

Romney has spent a lot of time and money in Iowa, and led there for a long time. Now the Huckaboom seems to be raining on his parade. People are still looking at him, but if they are like me, they wonder how much of his schtick is real and how much is polished plastic.

Thompson seems to be turning up the heat in the last few weeks, but many, myself included, wonder if it is just too little, too late. Thompson is probably the best conservative in the race, but his unmotivated campaigning has left a lot to be desired. And he has let Huckabee hijack the laid-back Southern charmer lead that Thompson is known for. If he is going to make an impact in this primary, he needs to really pour his heart and soul into these last few days.

McCain is still rising a bit, and if you remember back early in the campaign, Ron Paul drew a bigger crowd at his rally than all the other candidates did at their debate. Duncan Hunter is basically DOA.

It is a difficult chore in choosing a candidate this election, and many in Iowa are still looking at the choices before them. It will be interesting to see the results of all the time and money spent in the Hawkeye state. At this point, nothing would surprise me.

Except an Alan Keyes victory. I’d never see that coming.