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campaign in new hampshire at all, moved on to south carolina. mitt romney has a commanding lead. i want to talk about that in a moment. the big winner in new hampshire, mitt romney, lost no time tonight taking on the man he sees as his biggest challenger, president obama, and drew one of the biggest applause lines from the republican front-runners victory speech. >> the president has run out of ideas. now hes running out of excuses. >> im going to be joined by somebody who was a candid...

newt gingrich and rick santorum tied for third and fourth and rick perry moved on to south carolina. the new battleground will start late tonight. first the wig big winner, mitt romney taking on president obama and drew the biggest applause lines from the speech. >> the president has run out of ideas and now he is running out of excuses. >> im going to be joined by somebody who was a candidate himself, tim pawlenty. has he sealed the deal yet? >> well, thats an understatement, piers, t...

Mitt romney is in front, ron paul second, santorum third, and gingrich in fourth. in the polls right now, in the critical primary in the state of new hampshire. paul will face off against his republican rivals in two debates in new hampshire this weekend. paul steinhouser joins me now from manchester. is this now a battle for second place? we know mitt romney is strong in the polls, he was governor of massachusetts. is this second place? >> reporter: gary, i think thats a very, very fair stateme...

soil this morning. well tell you how the 15-year-old dallas girl ended up in colombia and how she was located. and what does slavery and math have to do with each other? a teacher gives a math test with word problems such as, if frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week? well tell you the full story, and we want your reaction. send your thoughts to gary tuchman cnn on twitter. hes on trial for murder. joran van der sloot sits in court yawning. hea...

>> reporter: trump is planning to moderate the debate. so far, only gingrich accepted. >> the debate is december 27. i am looking to endorse somebody after the debate. >> reporter: herman cains support is up for grabs, too since suspending his campaign. and newt gingrich leads the des moines register poll. mitt romney is second. ron paul is third. marist has ron paul second and romney third. >> i dont know that you ought to count running for senate in 1994, running for governor, then running for...

>> reporter: trump is planning to moderate the debate. so far, only gingrich accepted. >> the debate is december 27. i am looking to endorse somebody after the debate. >> reporter: herman cains support is up for grabs, too since suspending his campaign. and newt gingrich leads the des moines register poll. mitt romney is second. ron paul is third. marist has ron paul second and romney third. >> i dont know that you ought to count running for senate in 1994, running for governor, then running for...

His campaign organization and fundraising are not as strong or well established as mitt romney. romney is facing stiff opposition from democrats who continue to criticize his shifting position on important issues. >> this is the reason i suppose why he and his aides absconded with the hard drives from their come putters when they left the governors office they think they can erase the past what you said before doesnt matter now >> reporter: with cain out of the way and romney facing a real chall...

arent statistics they are people in pain. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". we begin this hour with whats happening in iowa. right now the state that holds the lead off presidential contest is gauging early support for the republican candidates. were standing by for the results of the iowa straw poll. the winner could get an important boost heading in to the 2012 primary season. cnn don lemon is...

results from the closely watched gop straw poll. im don lemon. joining me is our chief political correspondent, candy crowley. heres the announcement moments ago. >> with 16,892 iowans voting, the winner of the straw poll is congresswoman michele bachmann. thank you, everyone. have a good night. >> a man of few words. congresswoman michele bachmann came out on top in the poll which is one of the earliest tests for the oval office in 2012. some of the thunder may have been stolen by ric...