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>> yes, i agree. im -- i dont want to be too human being hubristic here. i think its safe to say that his campaign has not gone well. i think its really hard to come back after you give a speech saying im cancelling my campaign. im going onto reassess. >> thats cool. >> yeah, exactly. it occurs to me that that was really good. were you surprised by the scale of the epicness that was rick perrys flame out in the early part of this campaign? >> when he jumped in in august, he seem today be a very ...

Finish. mitt romney, the long-time front-runner squeaking past rick santorum with a mere eight votes. its the closest finish in the history of the iowa caucuses. it could change the gop race going forward. rick perry says hes reassessing his bid now. michele bachmann is going to hold a press conference in just about an hour. were going to see what she has to say. well take that live. it wasnt so long ago that santorum was barely a blip on the political radar. today hes the latest contender to ch...

On that. why? well, this is why. if you look at the race right here, congresswoman bachmann down here at 5%. remember, kyra, she was born in iowa. she won the straw poll. this was her one state. this was her chance to prove she was a serious republican contender. what are we looking at? history is what were looking at. mitt romney, 30 jurks 015 votes. rick santorum, 30 j 007 votes. eight votes, eight votes look at that. how did it happen? the purple is rick santorum. you can see its quite stunni...

Those. >> yes, i agree. im -- i dont want to be too human being hubristic here. i think its safe to say that his campaign has not gone well. i think its really hard to come back after you give a speech saying im cancelling my campaign. im going onto reassess. >> thats cool. >> yeah, exactly. it occurs to me that that was really good. were you surprised by the scale of the epicness that was rick perrys flame out in the early part of this campaign? >> when he jumped in in august, he seem today be ...

Get a sense of what is small minority romney represents. >> its not clear what he has in mind but analysts say romney isnt his problem, santorum is because hes winning the lions share of the nonromney vote which gingrich would need to steal to be a contender. >> shepard: jim, thank you. lets turn to lanny davis, who has participated in politics almost 30 years, former special counsel to president clinton and worked with the bush administration. a busy guy. >> how are you? >> im good. mitt romney...

Hillary clintons campaign. >> let us not compare either of those. >> yes, i agree. im -- i dont want to be too human bei hubristic here. i think its safe to say that his campaign has not gone well. i think its really hard to come back after you give a speech saying im cancelling my campaign. im going onto reassess. >> thats cool. >> yeah, exactly. it occurs to me that that was really good. were you surprised by the scale of the epicness that was rick perrys flame out in the early part of this ca...

I mean, at the end of the day, her performance last night was dismal. and the bottom of the pack. >> your work, john i dont know if you wrote this to me or blogged it. a note to me, michele bachmann and rick perry might not be willing to admit it yet, their campaign are dead. roundly rejected by the conservative populist. you really mean it? dead-dead, or suspended so they can keep fund-raising? >> no. dead, dead-dead. an old johnny carson joke about after your dead, your fingernails and hair ke...

In altoona yesterday. they said we need someone that can defeat barack obama. they had different ideas about who that was. but that is the theme in this race. they have to get someone out there who can defeat the president. >> bun >> obama built a strong campaign structure in iowa and took it nationally. they say he knows how to run a campaign. we can trust him to win back the white house for us. rick santorum amongst the many challenges he faces now is can he show republicans he can build the k...

Hillary clintons campaign. >> let us not compare either of those. >> yes, i agree. im -- i dont want to be too human bei hubristic here. i think its safe to say that his campaign has not gone well. i think its really hard to come back after you give a speech saying im cancelling my campaign. im going onto reassess. >> thats cool. >> yeah, exactly. it occurs to me that that was really good. were you surprised by the scale of the epicness that was rick perrys flame out in the early part of this ca...

Rebels. if you take santorum and perry and bachmann and gingrich you get a sense of what is small minority romney represents. >> its not clear what he has in mind but analysts say romney isnt his problem, santorum is because hes winning the lions share of the nonromney vote which gingrich would need to steal to be a contender. >> shepard: jim, thank you. lets turn to lanny davis, who has participated in politics almost 30 years, former special counsel to president clinton and worked with the bus...