don t think he wins but i think he is going to do better than nip thought. south carolina with the christian right, the pro-lifers, he is going to be competitive and head to florida, this becomes a different race tonight. i think what howard fineman said too about the fact that santorum s guy in new hampshire was a big part of pat buchanan s win in 1996 in new hampshire, shouldn t expect he doesn t know what s doing from here on out. santorum said he had the second highest number of state rep he is supporting him in new hampshire because the story was out there, well, he can t go beyond iowa. he said, yes i can, i get got the second number of state reps behind me in new hampshire and a good team up there and that is to support what howard fineman was saying that is what santorum told me. maybe the closest second finish ever in iowa politics, but this gives rick santorum undoubtedly a chance to live for another
and we are a little punch drunk, as you can tell. it s been quite an exciting night. mitt romney declared the winner here. 30,015 votes. and rick santorum, 30,007. if you do the math, it is eight votes that separated them. and as ashleigh s been saying, you should always exercise your right to vote. that last precinct, we had to wait until they reported in order to get to these numbers. it was back and forth and back and forth. like 2 1/2 hours ago. the whole cnn team has been here. in fact, i m still wondering if they re putting their shoes back on. i saw wolf, john king, gloria borger. we asked them to say. they re, like, huh-uh. most pious among the voters would be me. i m a new american so i am so thrill when had i get a chance to vote. and i can t stress it enough today. today s results tell you, america, vote. here is the fabulous des moines register front page. of course, they go to print before they even knew what the decision was. split decision, yes. but the
now. rick santorum is joining us at this hour. you may be the winner. you re, by all accounts, the winner. it is a virtual tie. let me congratulations you, senator santorum. have you done an amazing job, as you well know. it was not that long ago, you were nowhere in iowa. but now it is a virtual tie. you may win or lose by one or two votes. but for all practical purposes, you re a winner. give us thought on how it feels. well, you know, this is the first step in the process and well be on to new hampshire. we will work hard and compete there. a little bit behind the curve in the sense that governor romney has been spending a lot of money and a lot of time up there. and has been running for six years. but we feel like we can go up there and compete. we have a great team on the ground. my campaign manager is from new hampshire. he started out as my new hampshire guy. he knows how to win races. he managed frank gintha s campaign up there. we have a lot of frank s campaign tha
primary of 2012. to learn more, or find an authorized retailer near you and the governor holds a huge visit tempur-pedic.com. lead in the polling in contrast to iowa where he squeaked out a tempur-pedic the most highly recommended bed in america. victory in the caucuses last night by the smallest margin of any presidential contest ever. much more on that in a moment. the guy whose job romney wants is right now in the suburb of cleveland to talk about the economy. we will hear from president obama live at a quarter past the hour. hours after the sixth-place finish in iowa, michele bachmann says that her campaign is finished or technically suspended. the minnesota congresswoman who was born in iowa and who won a straw poll there in august cancelled a trip to south carolina today for this announcement. so last night, the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice, and so i have decided to stand aside. i believe that if we are going to repeal obama care, turn our country ar
senator, what s the plan? conservative blogger eric eriksson was very critical of you in the last 24 hours, saying that you can t go past iowa, you don t have anything in new hampshire. well, we have 20-plus state reps who ve already endorsed us in new hampshire. i think we re second or third in the number of endorsements we have from elected officials in new hampshire. we ve hay staff there i think longer than anybody but romney. so you ll do well in new hampshire? oh, you go to our office in bedford, send a crew by there, and you see all the phones buzzing. and they have been for weeks. we ve got great volunteers there. i ve been there 30 times. i ve visited and done over 100 town hall meetings there. again, i ve said this from the very beginning. iowa provides the spark. we ve got lots of tinder out there on the ground that can pick it up. look, i m not going to compete against mitt romney, but we can do very well versus the rest of the field. santorum s pitch to iowa vote