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And were expected to do the past, they canceled their caucus. >> that county is washington county that didnt count because of snow. cast just eight votes for ron paul. were not sure of the numbers. keep in mind the caucuses this year, the caucus process has not begun so well whether iowa in trouble counting votes, nevada and its trouble counting votes and turning them out in maine and another controversial this year for all advocates for trying to get rid of caulk ycus and get back to primaries ...

Working with our republican presidential nominee to defeat barak obama in maine. maine people are tired of obamas extreme agenda. we owe many thanks and congratulations to our volunteers across the state who worked so diligently organizing these caucuses. these caucuses would not have been possible without their commitment to our republican principles and the commitment to supporting our political philosophy. it was one of those so many people turn out in maine to participate in this preference ...

im wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. were counting down to the results in maine and we could learn those results within minutes. our reporters are standing by, shannon travis is over at gop headquarters in maine, where we will see the results announced. mary snow is over at ron pauls headquarters in maine tonight. we also have members of the best political team, glornlgia borger, donna brazile, david frum an...

>> the quality of participation is very high in caucuses. the quantity is much greater in primaries. im already hearing enough from around the country not just iowa and nevada to know that caucuses are in trouble. and my guess is in 2016, there will be more primaries and fewer caucuses. >> but he adds that iowa will always be a caucus state because they do not want to conflict with the new hampshire primary, shep. >> shepard: there is kind of an upside to the caucus process, right? >> i think th...

One thing we can see from the republican primary caucus process, negative ads can be affected. if you look at the fact, 96% of what the groups have spent to date has been on attack ads. thats about 18 million dollars. so, and im talking just willards super pac. 96%. to not be able to answer this when you can see how they just took newt out with negative ads, did they really think the president was supposed to just stand there and just come after him with all of this money and he not be able to h...

border. well tell you why. plus, we could be seeing the highest gas prices of all time here in the u.s. $5 a gallon, really? well explain where your money is going. i hope youre sitting back getting a little r&r this morning. were going to start with the campaign trail in florida. newt gingrich and mitt romney have events coming up this morning. gingrich has been in stewart, florida, attending a lincoln day breakfast. it serves in about 30 minutes. as for mitt romney, hell be holdi...

blame me. $4 a gallon is what were talking about. well explain where the money is going. well thank you for your company. this just in to cnn. london police made several arrests in the tabloid phone hacking scandal. among those arrest second-degree a police officer. the investigation is centering on allegations of bribes from police for inside information. police are searching rupert murdocks company. police are searching for as many as three men who may have fired shots in a shopp...

tie. doesnt change the delegate count. mitt romney saying in his statement this, the results from the iowa caucus revealed a virtual tie. i would like to thank the iowa republican party for their careful attention to the caucus process. people might want to talk about that a little bit and recognize rick santorum for his strong performance in the state. great start to defeating president obama in iowa and else where in the general election. he leaves out a big thing which is, really, i...

the turn too late. >> and also in politics, newt gingrich is making up some ground you might call it. he is closing the gap the front-runner mitt romney in south carolina. trouble may be brewing, though. his daughters are having to come to his defense after an interview which is scheduled for today is about to go after him from his ex-wife. >> and a rare winter storm that pounded the pacific northwest. it is now heading east. rob is tracking the forecast. where it will go next and how ...

Emphasized in west palm beach. >> i was in iowa as you know just a few days ago and won in a landslide of 8 votes. so im hoping. >> [cheers and applause] >> im hoping you guys can do a little better than that. so, make sure and get those absentee ballots in. >> newt gingrich also on the ground in florida tonight. he has a fundraiser in miami. tomorrow he opens his orlando headquarters, shep? >> shepard: got to get through south carolina, first. anybody who waits until after south carolina to sta...