reporting. it is a virtual tie between rick santorum and mitt romney. we ve already heard from ron paul. he s coming in third. newt gingrich, we heard from him. he s coming in fourth. we heard from rick perry, a dramatic change. the texas governor not going to south carolina. as he originally anticipated. he s going back to texas to reassess whether he should continue in this campaign. michele bachmann, we heard from her. she says even though she s come in a very, very disappointing 5%, virtually last, she says she s going to continue. we ll see if she does. jon huntsman didn t really campaign in iowa, he s campaigning in new hampshire. he s not dropping out. a dramatic night, indeed. it doesn t get much closer than this. let s go over to cnn s john king over at the magic wall. first of all, john, rick perry, i think it s fair to say, all but announcing it s over for him. he said he was going back to texas to reassess. he s going to sit down with the team, look at the polls
candidates. all her panelists, pundits, analysts have been listening in. the race suddenly seems changed now with perry gone and gingrich angry. where do you see things? you sent out a tweet, listening to going riff. what did you say? i ve never heard an attack concession speech before. i just thought that was one of the most ungracious moments in politics. typically when you lose, you accept the loss. you move on and make your case the next day. he was gracious toward rick santorum. then we went after ron paul and mitt romney which you don t do in a concession speech. newt is throwing the gloves on the ice and getting ready for the fight tomorrow. we heard a couple amens during gingrich s speech. i saw hand waving in the air. he had church over here. the tie on the table. do you anticipate a tougher fight? is that what excites you? look, ron paul and romney savaged gingrich. i mean, that s part of he is