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Anderson. >> anderson. >> have we all just given up? is t is just like 1:30 and everybody is like, just flick it. can you flick this? >> i can flick. i will tell you, it is evident from the social media screen that people are going to sleep. >> again with the social media screen. this is the third hit, i still dont understand what the hell this thing shows. >> im going to tell what you it is. >> every one of these dots, rolland, stop laughing, every one of these dots is a candidate. these pink o...

Everything youre seeing thats white, theres so many things going on that you cant see. you can see in iowa, theyre piled up on each other, thats why youre seeing white dots. there are a whole bunch more people than those in iowa that are interested in whats going on today. >> ali, thanks very much. our coverage continues. the votes still being counted in some places. we continue to get new numbers in. well be right back and have more numbers for you. this new at&t 4g lte is fast.

One more try. >> the back hand. >> this is -- this is. okay. ready, wolf? >> im watching. yes, very good. >> third time is a charm. excellent flicking going on. >> screens fall. >> yeah, yeah. not operator error. >> anderson. >> anderson or ali. >> have we all just given up? its 1:30, were all just -- can you flick it? >> i will tell you, its evident from the social media screen that people are going to sleep. >> again with the social media screen. my lord. this is the third hit. i still dont un...

Ron paul won just one lonely county four years ago. can he expand the map? >> well continue to watch that. erin burnett is tracking how the candidates are doing. >> thats right. well be having 19 categories here. who is voting for whom and why. this is from 2008, born again or evangelical chrisians. the 2008, 60% of republican caucus-goers identified themselves as evangelicals. take a look at this. what did that mean in 2008? that ruz the huckabee surge. if that happens again this time, it could...

Were expecting in ten minutes that the candidates surrogates, the representatives will start giving speeches, then after that, the voting begins here in clive for two precincts, west des moines one and west des moines two. >> well get back to you. let us know if governor perry shows up. >> lets go to ali velshi. hes monitoring social media sites, twitter, to get a reading of where people are at online. >> these dots correspond to the colors that weve assigned to each of the candidates. look at t...

So you can see, almost 5,000 there. mitt romney in the number two spot, santorum in the number three spot. thats remained relatively consistent, but the only thing thats been for sure is mitt romney -- is ron paul right at the top. this is not iowa, this is everything in the twitterverse. rick perrys been sort of fighting for that fourth place. even jon huntsman is above newt gingrich and michele bachmann in terms of sentiment that theyre getting online. so this is kind of interesting that its b...

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...

tonight, the first test of the republican presidential candidates that counts. anyone could win. >> what should the role of government be? >> and everything could change. >> we are not going to spend more money than what were bringing in in this country. >> its iowas choice. will iowans embrace mitt romney? >> i want to restore america. i want to turn around america. >> make ron paul the spoiler? >> i think we have too many laws is what the problems are. >> turn back the -- >> the esta...