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Does soishl media count? where these results are right now, theyre between 100, 200. thats where organization comes in. and thats what we did. wed be focused on sitting in those caucuses going, we didnt turn out 20 voters here. >> reporter: mary matalin, donna brazile, well be back with you. but right now we want to throw it back to wolf. >> thanks very much, candy. weve got more official votes in. almost half of the precincts have now reported, 46%. and all of a sudden rick santorum is slightly...

>> and if romney were to win tonight, that would be the key to his success. >> wolf? my wall had a little problem. >> you know what, weve got new numbers. lets take a look at this. all of a sudden, 88% -- if votes are coming in very quickly. 88% are now in, and look at this. rick santorum taking a slightly 45 votes just ahead of mitt romney, 26,443 to 26,398. theyve been going back and forth. but rick santorum, a slight advantage over mitt romney, very slight, about as slight as could be. ron pa...

Into obamas strength upper middle class white voters? suburban, more socially -- santorum, in 2006 lost four suburban counties outside philadelphia, oncerepublicwere republican bed wererock. he has a greatest weakness where they have the most need to improve i think in 2008 in order to beat barack obama. >> but youre getting a signal that maybe rick santorum has learned something about this. because hes not running to south carolina like rick perry intended to do, like michele bachmann was inten...

With us every step of the way. >> wolf, were counting down to the first votes in the presidential race. less than one hour from now. the decision team is crunching if numbers. well give you the results in three distinct ways, youll see where the candidates are doing well with the magic wall, youll see which iowans are supporting them and youll see why with our entrance polling center. john king is ready to map out the numbers for us. >> we know the 2012 map will be different from the 2008 map. t...

Did better with evangelicals than michele bachmann or rick perry. i think they laid waste to that tired narrative that mitt romney cant win conservative christian voters. >> id agree with you, but i think he staggered out of iowa. this is where i disagree with you. i dont think he won big last night. i think what you saw last night was the grass roots of the party saying as they have said from the very beginning and you and i have gone back and forth on this point. theyre going to be the ones wh...

Were going to go through all of these throughout the day. the best experience for president. its so interesting, working in government, thats santorum, working in business, that is mitt romney. i want to take a look at specifically how it breaks down if we take these over here. lets look at working in business. this was the romney strong suit. 36% of those said, look, romney is the guy because he can do it in a tough economy. rick santorum came in second. ron paul, perry, gingrich, bachmann and ...

Questions youre looking the have answered? >> sort of looking at intensity to see who comes out, and also the definition of the nonromney candidates. who are the conservative candidates out of this? who is going to be the nonromney. this is testing the waters of that. >> shannon is talking to michele bachmann. lets check in with him. >> standing here with michele bachmann who may be able to convince undecideds. >> as you can see theres people all around us right now. its a wonderful reception. f...

That went overwhelmingly for rick santorum. the right experience, 16%, and that is a really interesting one, also helping romney. were going to break those down. but best appearence for a president, and this is where you see the romney strength. 37% of caucusgoers say working in government, working in business, 53% say thats the most important thing. so lets flick it over. wasnt looking for the flick, you missed the flick. most people cared about this, and overwhelming. >> this has been romneys ...

Intelligent, dignified way. there is a debate saturday night and suspected morning. santorum says, thats great. but lets face it. if it was me and mitt, 14 votes apart, i would challenge him foa one-on-one debate on monday or a week later in south carolina. i think if i were santorum, i would be thinking of a way to really try to bring home and make concrete the notion that its me and mitt. lets have a polite debate, open-ended debate, whatever and get out of this multiple mud throwing in differ...

This rest of the field, the finish for ron paul and newt gingrich and texas governor perry, who is reassessing his campaign in texas. what about the time we focused on the horse race and obviously, it is late, its 2:22 eastern time. but still, we have spent a lot of time talking about those two people? >> we d. but thats the story here. i wouldnt have said this before tonight and i expected it -- iowa not to winnow as much as it has in the past. i think that bachmann and perry are likely to be o...