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People were predicting "a," a lot more registered voters in iowa, republicans, and that they were going to be a bigger turn-out than last night. >> eric: it was bigger. >> bob: less than 3,000 votes. >> eric: more. more by 3,000. >> bob: then we predict -- >> eric: the record turn-out by the g.o.p. voters. record. >> kimberly: dana? >> dana: i want to mention, eric erickson at redstate.com had an interesting piece that said look from the conservative standpoint you may not be in love with romney...

He needs some endorsers. people who are nationally known who go to him. maybe some talk show hosts who say this guy can beat mitt romney, this guy can beat barack obama. he needs that because hes so new to people he needs validation from well-known people. >> everybodys going to be watching jim demint now, sarah palin who has spoken of him approvingly in recent days. the problem for romney is what he wanted was all four of these conservatives, perry, bachmann, santorum, gingrich. he wanted all o...

Could beat president obama. they also thought their guy, santorum could win, but they said if it comes down to it, well go for romney because the thing that kept coming up is we have to get president obama out of office. >> help us out for those americans that have never been to a caucus but were in their snuggies like mike barnicle watching football games last night. >> with feet. >> give us a little color about what those caucuses are like. >> its cool. the caucuses have been derided by people...

>> game on. [ applause ] >> congratulations to rick santorum. this has been a great victory for him and for his effort. he has worked very hard in iowa. we feel its been a great victory for us here. [ applause ] ron paul as well. ron paul has had a great night. >> i think there is nothing to be ashamed of. everything to be satisfied and be raring to move on, on to the next stop, which is new hampshire. [ applause ] >> we are not going to go out and run nasty ads. we are not going to ru...

[ applause ] >> congratulations to rick santorum. this has been a great victory for him and for his effort. he has worked very hard in iowa. we feel its been a great victory for us here. [ applause ] ron paul as well. ron paul has had a great night. >> i think there is nothing to be ashamed of. everything to be satisfied and be raring to move on, on to the next stop, which is new hampshire. [ applause ] >> we are not going to go out and run nasty ads. we are not going to run 30-second ...

little fun. >> we did. yes. and oddly, the fun apparently is continuing, because we are still on the air. >> yes. >> long after we thought we wouldnt be. >> right. >> in the special cnn after dark edition. so gloria, in terms of tomorrow, i mean we will find mitt romney -- >> you mean today. >> today. a few hours from now, mitt romney will head it new hampshire as well as rick santorum. >> right, romney is going to new hampshire where he has a sizeable lead. he is clearly the favorite ...

look at what we call the bottom four right now. we see newt gingrich, the governor rick perry, michele bachmann, jon huntsman. hes technically there even though he didnt campaign really in iowa. hes spending all of his time in new hampshire. presumably hell come in last. he wont drop out because hes doing all of his campaigning in new hampshire. but remember, this is very early right now. its sort of coincides, this top tier w the most recent polls we saw, not only our cnn/time poll, t...

now. rick santorum is joining us at this hour. you may be the winner. youre, 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, youre a winner. give us thought on how it feels. >> well, you know, this is the first step in the process and well ...

>> that was a lifetime ago. >> that was a lifetime ago. but, you know, she made a big point, if she was born in iowa, this was going to be her state. this was going to be -- >> so you think she might drop out or, given her money situation? >> soul searching is what you -- i think, yes. >> and if youre rick perry, what justification do you have for going forward? just because youve got money in the bank? >> the justification of going forward, i talked to rick perry today. he said hes th...

cafe. and official, a few hours ago, mitt romney, 30,015 votes. santorum om eight votes behind, and both candidates coming out to speak before the final votes came in last night. romney moved on. his eyes on the big prize. take a listen. >> you are working, i am working and were all working together because of our passion for this country and a concern led by a president who may be a nice guy but just is over his head, and i look at his campaign -- you know, four years ago tonight he w...