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Front-runner now? >> oh, i dont know. 40% or more. i -- i dont think romney did that well in iowa last night. he did six votes fewer than he did last time around, and he virtually tied with an unknown, santorum, and with ron paul who has his vote and is going to stick with it. i think the game is really up here in new hampshire. i heard what rick santorum said earlier and what ralph reed are said, and i really think that this is a fight for second place in new hampshire, and i think its tougher ...

End up being fred tompson, a spoiler role, taking some of the vote up here and denying santorum or a newt comeback. >> a lot of it, as you indicate, depends what santorum does in new hampshire. i think if he were to finnish the top three he could come to south carolina with a head of steam. romney, of course, is thrilled to hear that perrys staying in because hes hoping that perry plays the thompson role, the spoiler, particularly in greenville and spartanburg, around bob jones university, stron...

Santorum. >> that vote basically was sloshing around, looking for somebody, various people had their moment in the sun and in the end santorum surged at right time. the second thing you see, this will have real impact when you get to new hampshire, is you look in here, where romney does well in the area of des moines, okay, particularly west des moines. >> suburbs here. >> right. i was at a precinct 223 in west des moines last night. in that one caucus, romney got 80 votes, santorum got 45, paul...

presidential race moved into new hampshire today and became a ground war. newt gingrich arrived this morning, a fourth-place finnish iowa, opened fire on the iowa winner, mitt romney. >> i find it amazing the news media continues to say hes the most electable republican when he cant even break out in his own party. i dont think -- hell do fairly well here. this one of his three best states. but the fact is that governor romney, in the end, has a limited appeal in a conservative party. ...