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>> neil: the white house said to be liking the outcome of the iowa caucuses, it may mean the gop candidates will pick each other apart. what does it say about divided opposition, its the best? the next guest says the president should worry about the iowa entrance poll. the number one concern, the economy. something we havent seen in decades. james, with the daily -- jamie, what is interesting is -- you think its obvious the economy would be a dominate concern. social conservatives issues, prayer...

Okay. so im reading online right now, it says, "iowa doesnt have much effect on new hampshire except when it does." so what kind of an effect do you think the results in iowa are going to have on new hampshire? >> reporter: well, look. as you know, no candidates ever won iowa and new hampshire, yet mitt romney is poised to do just that. he comes in here a very big front-runner throughout this race, the question here in new hampshire has been how do you feel about mitt romney? if not him, then wh...

Another race, almost. its going to be very hard for rick santorum to really pick this up and take advantage of it. the burden on a candidate now is massive. and he doesnt have an infrastructure. >> james, as a democratic strategist, how does the obama white house view this race tonight? >> well, look, a broken clock is right twice a day. political spin can be right about that often. the spin at the white house is happy is absolutely true. what jessica said, its undisputable. for this night, i do...

>> neil: the white house said to be liking the outcome of the iowa caucuses, it may mean the gop candidates will pick each other apart. what does it say about divided opposition, its the best? the next guest says the president should worry about the iowa entrance poll. the number one concern, the economy. something we havent seen in decades. james, with the daily -- jamie, what is interesting is -- you think its obvious the economy would be a dominate concern. social conservatives issues, prayer...

little fun. >> we did. yes. and oddly, the fun apparently is continuing, because we are still on the air. >> yes. >> long after we thought we wouldnt be. >> right. >> in the special cnn after dark edition. so gloria, in terms of tomorrow, i mean we will find mitt romney -- >> you mean today. >> today. a few hours from now, mitt romney will head it new hampshire as well as rick santorum. >> right, romney is going to new hampshire where he has a sizeable lead. he is clearly the favorite ...

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...

>> 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...

>>neil: top democrats have decided mitt is it, and for the democratic national committee they have opened a war room to follow every move of romney to make sure she not the winner next fall. and now, james, good do have you. happy new year. >>guest: always good to see you. >>neil: what do you make of this in that is a fairly full court democratic press to, i guess, target romney, the guy they assume will be the nominee. go strategy? or what? >>guest: well, that is the democratic national compete...

>>neil: top democrats have decided mitt is it, and for the democratic national committee they have opened a war room to follow every move of romney to make sure she not the winner next fall. and now, james, good do have you. happy new year. >>guest: always good to see you. >>neil: what do you make of this in that is a fairly full court democratic press to, i guess, target romney, the guy they assume will be the nominee. go strategy? or what? >>guest: well, that is the democratic national compete...