that s very impressive, 71,500. he is 28 thousand votes ahead of ron paul who has come in second. jon huntsman, former utah governor coming this third, 17%. 31,886. there s a battle under way for fourth and fifth. newt gingrich right now with 81% of the precinct et reporting slightly s head of rick santorum. both at 10%. rick perry barely did anything in new hampshire. he is already in south carolina getting ready for that. let s go to mitt romney headquarters right now. candy crowley is watching what s going on. he delivered a pretty powerful speech tonight, victory speech, in new hampshire and it follows his victory. albeit by a very, very tight margin but so far candy, two for two. he is. and you know, if the romney people could have scripted this evening, it could not have gone any better for them. he had a good and solid first place, and running a distant second, ron paul, really the candidate they feared the least, the man they don t think will ever be acceptable to t
tally as it stands right now. he s 28,000 votes ahead of ron paul. huntsman comes in third. there is a battle underway for fourth and fifth. rick perry barely did anything in new hampshire. let s go over to mid romney headquarters right now. he delivered a pretty powerful victory speech. if the romney people cough scripted it could not have gone any better. a good and solid first place. ron paul, really the candidate they fear the least, the man they don t think will ever be acceptable to the mainstream of the republican party. newt gingrich, rick perry, gone down in the 10% perry. this was bound they wanted going into south carolina where they really believe looking at the polls as we all are, romney is ahead. which is why, when you listen to mitt romney, he is not really talking about his republican opponents. we know that the future of the country is better than 8 or 9% unemployment. and the failed leadership of one man. the president has run out of ideas. now he is ru