being the person that can defeat mitt romney because we defeated mitt romney in iowa. welcome back to hardball. today the iowa republican party gave the iowa caucuses to rick santorum, squashing mitt romney s hopes of going 3 for 3 with a win in south carolina this weekend. the party certified that santorum finished ahead by just 34 votes. because votes from eight precincts are missing, nbc news will not declare an actual winner as it s impossible to know the actual numerical results. nevertheless, romney called santorum today to congratulate him on his belated iowa numbers. how would the results have changed the momentum if we had this information before? and how will the new results change the race now? johnathan martin and dana milbank join us. let s start with the nomination momentum that looked like it was going to be three for three. as republicans like to say whose
mitt romney because we defeated mitt romney in iowa. welcome back to hardball. today the iowa republican party gave the iowa caucuses to rick santorum, squashing mitt romney s hopes of going 3 for 3 with a win in south carolina this weekend. the party certified that santorum finished ahead by just 34 votes. because votes from eight precincts are missing, nbc news will not declare an actual winner as it s impossible to know the actual numerical results. nevertheless, romney called santorum today to congratulate him on his belated iowa numbers. how would the results have changed the momentum if we had this information before? and how will the new results change the race now? johnathan martin and dana milbank join us. let s start with the nomination momentum that looked like it was going to be three for three. as republicans like to say whose
pull the resources together to be able to be successful. it being the person that can defeat mitt romney, because we defeated mitt romney in iowa. welcome back to hardball. the iowa republican party gave the caucuses to rick santorum. the party certified that santorum finished ahead by just 34 votes. because votes from eight precincts are missing, nbc news will not declare an actual winner as it s impossible to know the results. romney called santorum to congratulate him on the blated numbers. how would the results have changed the momentum if we had this information before? and how will it change the race now? johnathan martin and dana milbank joins us. let s start with the nomination