the campaign trail. and two major losses to rick an storm in alabama and mississippi a week ago. and jabs at president obama. we once built an interstate, and the pipeline. we led the world in manufacturing, investments, and today, we lead in lawsuits. when we replace a law professor with a conservative man as president, that s going to end. rick santorum, in his home state of pennsylvania tonight, looking a little less cheerful but trying to state on message. we must go out and fight this fight. we must go out and nominate someone who understands, not because some pollster tells them. you know in your gut big things are adrift and at stake in this election. so, i ask each and every one of you, to join us. so, where did mitt romney get his support tonight? john king s been analyzing the voting data. he noticed some interesting trends. let s start with the county by county map. i love when you do that. what stood out in who voted for him in illinois? math is in the e
tonight we celebrate. tomorrow we go back to work. dana bash is in manchester. christine romans is in the election center digging into who voted and why. peter ham by is in south carolina, the next stop in this grueling presidential primary. let s begin with dana there. romney s two for two. he won iowa, he won new hampshire. this victory wasn t a surprise, not to most. he was expected to win. it s the size of his win that s really grabbing attention, however. is it enough to get the party to finally rally behind him? reporter: well, fred, that s probably not going to happen immediately because as you mentioned, all of these other candidates are still in the race. effectively, look, this was no question a huge win for mitt romney. you said certainly he was expected to win here because he was governor of a neighboring state, but the size of his win in terms of the overall number, but also the kind of voter that he got, namely the conservative voters in this state. there
Support. this tv ad count. governor rick perry, who is struggling, actually up to today this is his color, bought the most ads in iowa. will that work for him? romney and gingrich roughly in second there. the key question, i want to go back to that initial graphic i had, the key question is this. can the evangelical voters come together, will they come together around one candidate or will it be split between santorum, perry, bachmann, even ron paul? if there s a fractured evangelical vote, romney benefits, if the evangelical vote coalesces santorum not only could do strong, some think, anderson, he could even win. john, appreciate it. fascinating. we ll talk to you again shortly. i want to bring in our political panel who are braving the icy temperatures. donna brazile, erick erickson and mary matalin. just a fascinating down to the wire as it often is. what do you think is behind this
caucuses it starts counting. republicans will start choosing candidates in a campaign after everyone you see here and a few you don t, have been the front-runner or the front-runner or may soon become the front-runner. some of these boxes may soon be empty. politico s roger simon said iowa caucuses don t pick winners, they eliminate losers. a lot of people could continue on from here even if they don t place well. a loser here may take new hampshire. someone else could win south carolina and yet another may win florida. it s just been that kind of a campaign. the polls here reflect it. take a look. the latest from the des moines register, mitt romney and ron paul in a statistical tie. rick santorum close behind. newt gingrich fourth and fading. rick perry fifth and climbing slowly. michele bachmann in single digits. that poll came out over the weekend. arg showed romney in front. paul, santorum and gingrich essentially tied for second. it won t be dull and every move matt