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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 ...

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...

>> and we are a little punch drunk, as you can tell. >> its been quite an exciting night. mitt romney declared the winner here. 30,015 votes. and rick santorum, 30,007. if you do the math, it is eight votes that separated them. and as ashleighs been saying, you should always exercise your right to vote. that last precinct, we had to wait until they reported in order to get to these numbers. it was back and forth and back and forth. >> like 2 1/2 hours ago. the whole cnn team has been h...

then she has tumbled, tumbled in a pretty intense way in the polls. its really unclear why because she has at least at the beginning she had done pretty well in debates. she had been here campaigning very hard. she, like rick santorum at the end of this campaign, was around the state. she did all 99 counties. guess what, she was even born here. she was born in water loo, iowa. she is a native daughter of the state. she did not do very well. very disappointing. at the end of the day, su...

at the winners and losers and dan lothian and david mattingly looking ahead to the battlegrounds that are now more important than ever. all right, lets start with dana bash. dana? >> well, we have some potential news this morning about what this caucus has did to the field on the republican side. michele bachmann who, of course, came in a disappointing sixth, effectively dead last here in iowa is going to hold a news conference in a few hours. her campaign is not saying what it is abou...

From the bottom to third in the latest polls and find himself under attack from his opponents. dana bash talked to ron paul about santorums rise and he had choice words. >> reporter: rick santorum is a former senator. you know what its like to seb in the senate and congress. why wouldnt he be a good republican nominee? >> because hes very liberal. >> reporter: rick santorum is liberal? >> i mean, have you looked at his record? i mean, go look at his record. i mean, he -- >> reporter: what makes ...

To rethink their whole effort here. its not a question of if those folks drop out, just a question of when. iowa con serve to narrow the field and tell the rest of the country what they dont want. heres the question. what do the iowa caucuses really mean? post a comment on my blog or go to our post on "the situation rooms" factbook page. >> new hampshire isnt exactly reflective of the country as a whole either. >> no, its not. somebody suggested we should do a series of four or five national pri...

>> yes, i do. a lot of public support, the media putting out the videos in both cases, the communities behind law enforcement. thats the formula for success. if its not the person questioning, they are going to wrap it up pretty quick and that dark night is going to come to an end. >> sure. heres hoping that they have caught the guy. jim, thank you. >> thanks, brooke. is he a senator, a republican, and he is from iowa. even though chuck grassley may have a lot of pull in his state, hes not bac...

Second most endorsements -- >> theyve never been there before. >> forget new hampshire. thats not the game anymore. >> let me finish. they say they have the second most endorsements of any contender, second to romney in new hampshire. 82 county captains spread through all new hampshire counties. i dont believe he has a ground game in new hampshire. >> i dont either. >> he doesnt have a chance in new hampshire. but theyre excited. >> john heilemann, unfortunately, we have to say good-bye to you. ...

And people here tell us it is a political process like no other. >> its more of a, a hard core event, if you will, than just a normal election. >> this is where it gets complicated. >> participating in the iowa caucus process takes commitment. >> theres something to be said for supporters who have so much determination, and have researched all of the candidates so much that they would turn out on a cold, january night, to support their candidate. >> and roughly 800 locations, schools, libraries,...