of the weeks leading up to and delivered last night with a win. with a review of last night let s go to tj in manchester with a live look. reporter: good morning. the night went just about as expected up here in new hampshire which means the next primary, south carolina, is being seen as make or break by several of the candidates. mitt romney is on a roll. the first republican since 1976 to win both the iowa caucus and now new hampshire. thank you, new hampshire! tonight we made history! reporter: the former massachusetts governor was gracious, didn t back down from recent attacks on his work as a venture capitalist. president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. in the last few days we ve seen desperate republicans join forces with him. reporter: almost half of tuesday s voters identified themselves as independents. due to ron paul s second-place finish. there was another victory tonight. he had a victory but we ve had a victory for the cause of liberty!