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as these holidays wind down. the president yial campaign sean is heating up. one week from tomorrow, the iowa caucuses will mark the first formal votes in the 2012 race. right now, its too close to call, statistically speaking. according to a poll from the american research group, ron paul, mitt romney, and newt gingrich are locked in a three-way statistical tie. you can see it there. 21, 20, 19% apiece. paul steinhauser is in des moines with more on this three-way battle. and no clear...

Vote to be able to make it official. theyve crossed that. that was always -- the only reason that wouldnt have have happened if there was trickery from the north. looks like they didnt get away with that. that means that the referendum will be official. its pretty much assumed that it will be about 95% vote for separation. thats pretty much a given. then it will be the next steps, and the next steps leading to july when they finally make it official are negotiating oil revenues, negotiating bord...