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29,924. 29,911. ron paul is in third place. newt gingrich is in fourth place. it just changed even as we were speaking. now it s 19 votes ahead. 29,935. 29,916. santorum slightly, ever so slightly, ahead of mitt romney. so bottom line is we don t know who has won the iowa caucuses as of yet. john king, you re looking at that 1%. that 1% of the precincts that have not yet reported. do we get any clues who might emerge? because, what, 19 votes is tiny. from looking at the results that have come in so far from what s still out, the clues tell you governor romney, perhaps, will make this up and eke out a very narrow victory. why? story county, 98% of the precincts in. if it stays consistent with the rest of the night, romney s winning this district. santorum running third. governor romney could easily pick up a few votes there, again, if it stays consistent. come to the eastern part of the ....
reporting. it is a virtual tie between rick santorum and mitt romney. we ve already heard from ron paul. he s coming in third. newt gingrich, we heard from him. he s coming in fourth. we heard from rick perry, a dramatic change. the texas governor not going to south carolina. as he originally anticipated. he s going back to texas to reassess whether he should continue in this campaign. michele bachmann, we heard from her. she says even though she s come in a very, very disappointing 5%, virtually last, she says she s going to continue. we ll see if she does. jon huntsman didn t really campaign in iowa, he s campaigning in new hampshire. he s not dropping out. a dramatic night, indeed. it doesn t get much closer than this. let s go over to cnn s john king over at the magic wall. first of all, john, rick perry, i think it s fair to say, all but announcing it s over for him. he said he was going back to texas to reassess. he s going to sit down with the team, look at the ....