welcome back to early start. we are at the cnn election center. have you been up with us all night? because it has been quite a nail-biter. eight votes actually separated these two men, mitt romney is declared the winner, 30,015 votes. rick santorum, 30,007. of course, they re both at 25%. santorum is being called the real winner here. our christine romans is working really hard for us this morning. you re the iowan. and if anybody knows iowa, it s you, my friend. there s a real breakdown on how people voted and we know this because we had entrance polls where we can ask people questions as they re walking in. why were they voting certain ways? look, we talked to people about what you re thinking and why you re casting this vote on the way in right before they did it. we asked them all of these questions. what kind of experience they were looking for? when did you decide to support?
look at the teeny itsy bitsy numbers in the middle. yes, 25%, 25%, but mitt romney by a hair. eight votes between 30,015 votes and santorum, 30,007 votes. by the way, if you think that that is a record, we ve got news for you. little not. there is another record out there that even beats this one. we re going to talk about that and a whole lot more in just a moment right here from the cnn election center. daddy, come in the water! somebody didn t book with travelocity, with 24/7 customer support to help move them to the pool daddy promised! look at me, i m swimming! somebody, get her a pony! [ female announcer ] the travelocity guarantee. from the price to the room to the trip you ll never roam alone.
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the real winner in the caucuses, though it may have certainly been rick santorum who truly, within eight votes just missed the top spot. take a look at those numbers on your leaderboard. it s just absolutely miraculous. the closest iowa caucus vote in history. the top four, mitt romney, santorum, ron paul and newt gingrich. and it didn t become official until about 2:30 eastern time this morning if you were watching. so we have romney congratulating santorum. and he says that he and santorum are actually both winners. and both candidates are looking forward now to new hampshire, they say. but what s great about this is the story that comes out of such an incredibly close finish because you know what? it s about momentum. and it s about money. and it s about headlines. and those headlines tonight are bizarro. christine romans, you ve been breaking down these headlines. we ve been on the edge of our seats because we wasn t sure what the big story was going to be, and the bi
for president. that s not where i was born. that s not where i ever lived. but it s where my grandfather came. back in 1925. he came by himself even though he was married with two children, one of them being my father. he came after having fought in world war i because mussolini had been in power now three years, and he had figured out that fascism was something that would crush his spirit and his freedom and give his children something less than he wanted for them. sounds like the winner speech, not the concession speech. you know why? because as he was delivering this, he was ahead. so that s why it sounds that way. that s so funny. we ve enjoyed being up all night, which is not something i would normally say, getting prepared for a program, but watching the cnn election center team come in with these numbers.