have an excerpt of here going after mitt romney. there you can see it. the choice. so he mans ongoing after mitt romney. right now, though the race is too close to call and newt gingrich is not in the top two, the head of the iowa g.o.p. has come out tonight and said there will be a call. he said there no such thing as a recount in the iowa presidential caucuses we anticipate there will be a final count and a projected winner tonight z when asked what if the campaign did not have a representative present at the precinct he responded and i quote they had every opportunity to have a representative there. we anticipate to project a winner tonight. that from iowa g.o.p. chairman. we continue to wait. one does not exist so far. we zront a winner but we have
welcome back, everybody. we are back with more breaking knew this coming to us from the white house. senior administration officials say that president obama will use a recess appointment to name this man, richard pordray as the head of the new consumer financial protection bureau. officials spoke on the condition of anonymity. republicans have strongly voiced their opposition to him, a former ohio attorney general. also breaking news from the perry campaign, nbc news has now confirmed he will be going on to south carolina. there was a lot of consternation over whether or not he was moving on to south carolina after saying he was leaving iowa to reassess his campaign. but now we do have the confirmation that he will be moving on to events there in south carolina. the other breaking news this hour, basically these coming at the same time from the campaign trail is that michele bachmann is leaving. she is closing out her presidential bid. jennifer donahue, a fellow at the eisenhower in
the ultimate goal has to be to replace barack obama and get america back on the right track. but let s be clear. one of the things which became obvious in the last few weeks in iowa is that there will be a great debate in republican party before we re prepared to have a great debate with barack obama. and this is important to understand that. i want to take just a moment and congratulate a good friend of ours. rick santorum. he waged a great, positive campaign. and i start with rick and we ve had a great relationship over the years.
here in orange. and there, you can see it. we re waiting for more counties to come n but you can get a good breakdown of the exact vote total as it happens. just keep on refleshing. so let s take a look. and this is taking a look at the perry campaign. we re waiting for texas governor come out and speak to his folks at the perry campaign headquarters. that is michelle bachmann s campaign, i believe. there we go. he s finishing fifth in this race. and the question is. he told me today and i think he told you he s fighting in south carolina. that is going to be a big race. he says he s going on. and there are suggestions that he s decided he will sleep on it. and this is just coming in.
this has been a tough campaign we should never forget it s principle will make the nominee tried for the tougher battles that is yet to come against barack obama. i am so proud of the people who have run our campaign here in iowa. i will be forever grateful to this wonderful state and to the wonderful people of iowa for launching us on our path to victory in the iowa straw poll. this state has given voice to people all over the country that barack obama s liberal policies are finished and that in 2012 there will be another occupant in the white house. who knows, maybe another michelle. in the white house. and once again, the peoples voice will be heard there. make no mistake. i ve said often and early, barack obama will be a