Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/candidates-take-a-breather Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Most of the candidates for the presidential primaries are taking a few days off from the campaign trail this Christmas, but the Iowa and New Hampshire news still buzzes with primary fever. The NewsHour talks to two media veterans of political campaigns about the situation. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. GWEN IFILL: 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the states not a candidate was stirring; they're taking a break. Judy Woodruff has our presidential campaign update. JUDY WOODRUFF: All of the candidates are taking a holiday from politics, but most will be back campaigning the day after Christmas, with just 10 days to go before the first primary votes are cast in the Iowa caucuses.We're joined by two seasoned campaign-watchers who've been tracking the races. Adam Nagourney, he's chief political reporter for the New York Times. He joins us from Washington. He's just back from two weeks in Iowa and New Hampshire, and he heads back to Iowa tomorrow.Also back from Iowa is Mark Halperin, Time magazine's senior political analyst and the author of "The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President." Mark joins us from New York where he's spending the holidays before trekking back to Iowa on Wednesday.Gentlemen, good to see both of you.