gone away. rick perry was supposed to be on the ground here. he was supposed to be on this very street walking down the street greeting and talking to voters before having a town hall meeting here in town later this afternoon. that s all on hold now as he s gone babb ck to texas to reasse. the chairman of the gop party here in south carolina yesterday was quoted as saying that the race here is still wide open, and nothing happened in iowa to change that at all. in fact, when south carolina voters wake up in the morning, they re going to find out that they re in exactly the position they wanted to be in to choose and be able to determine who actually speaks directly to and for the conservatives of the republican party. we ve got mitt romney here. he s got the endorsement of governorer nikki haley. rick santorum has been on the ground here a lot already. this could be his land of second chances, a place where he can prove he s not just an iowa seven saying. something interesting, he poll
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